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Facts about Calpain-6.
Doesn't appear to have protease activity as it has lost the active site residues (By similarity). .
Human | |
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Gene Name: | CAPN6 |
Uniprot: | Q9Y6Q1 |
Entrez: | 827 |
Belongs to: |
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peptidase C2 family |
calpain 6; calpain-6; Calpain-like protease X-linked; Calpamodulin; CalpMCALPM; CANPXcalpamodulin; CAPNX; DJ914P14.1; EC 3.4.22
Mass (kDA):
74.576 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | Xq23 |
Sequence: | X; NC_000023.11 (111245099..111270483, complement) |
Expressed only in placenta.
Cytoplasm, perinuclear region. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, spindle. During mitose associated with the mitotic spindle. At telophase colocalized to the midbody spindle.
PMID: 9339374 by Dear T.N., et al. A new subfamily of vertebrate calpains lacking a calmodulin-like domain: implications for calpain regulation and evolution.
PMID: 17210638 by Tonami K., et al. Calpain 6 is involved in microtubule stabilization and cytoskeletal organization.