CAPN8
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Calpain-8 is a protein in humans that is encoded by the CAPN8 gene.
Gene data
CAPN8- Name
- calpain 8
- Type
- protein-coding
- Position
- 223,538,007–223,665,723 (−)
- Aliases
- nCL-2
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000203697
- RefSeq RNA
- NM_001143962.2, XM_017001265.2, XM_017001266.2, XM_017001267.3, XM_017001268.2
- RefSeq protein
- NP_001137434.1, XP_016856754.1, XP_016856755.1, XP_016856756.1, XP_016856757.1
Predicted to enable calcium-dependent cysteine-type endopeptidase activity and identical protein binding activity. Predicted to be involved in proteolysis. Predicted to act upstream of or within calcium-dependent self proteolysis. Predicted to be located in Golgi apparatus. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]
Gene Ontology
Biological process
Molecular function
Cellular component
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Gene · Ensembl
calpain 8
- Symbol
- CAPN8
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 1:223,538,007-223,665,737
- Strand
- Reverse (−)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
View on Ensembl →
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
Wikidata facts
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- HomoloGene ID
- 15643
- exact match
- identifiers.org/ncbigene/388743
- genomic end
- 223665723
- genomic start
- 223711349
- cytogenetic location
- 1q41
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Calpain-8 is a protein in humans that is encoded by the CAPN8 gene.
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