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Facts about Cell death activator CIDE-A.
Binds to lipid droplets and modulates their enlargement, thereby restricting lipolysis and favoring storage. At focal contact sites between lipid droplets, promotes directional internet neutral lipid transfer from the smaller to larger lipid droplets.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | CIDEA |
Uniprot: | O60543 |
Entrez: | 1149 |
Belongs to: |
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No superfamily |
cell death activator CIDE-A; cell death-inducing DFFA-like effector aCIDE-A; CIDEA
Mass (kDA):
24.687 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 18p11.21|18 |
Sequence: | 18; NC_000018.10 (12254361..12277595) |
Expressed in omental and subcutaneous adipose tissue (at protein level).
Lipid droplet. Nucleus. Enriched at lipid droplet contact sites. Has been shown to localize to mitochondria, where it could interact with UCP1 and hence inhibit UCP1 uncoupling activity (By similarity). These data could not be confirmed (PubMed:18509062).
PMID: 9564035 by Inohara N., et al. CIDE, a novel family of cell death activators with homology to the 45 kDa subunit of the DNA fragmentation factor.
PMID: 18509062 by Puri V., et al. Cidea is associated with lipid droplets and insulin sensitivity in humans.