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Facts about Tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 12.
Binds to FN14 and possibly also to TNRFSF12/APO3.
Weak inducer of apoptosis in certain cell types.Mediates NF-kappa-B activation. Promotes angiogenesis and the proliferation of endothelial cells.
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Gene Name: | TNFSF12 |
Uniprot: | O43508 |
Entrez: | 8742 |
Belongs to: |
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tumor necrosis factor family |
APO3 ligand; APO3LMGC20669; DR3LGTWEAKAPO3/DR3 ligand; MGC129581; TNF-related weak inducer of apoptosis; TNFSF12; tumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily, member 12; tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 12; TWEAK
Mass (kDA):
27.216 kDA
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Location: | 17p13.1 |
Sequence: | 17; NC_000017.11 (7549058..7557881) |
Highly expressed in adult heart, pancreas, skeletal muscle, brain, colon, small intestine, lung, ovary, prostate, spleen, lymph node, appendix and peripheral blood lymphocytes. Low expression in kidney, testis, liver, placenta, thymus and bone marrow. Also detected in fetal kidney, liver, lung and brain.
Cell membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein.; [Tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 12, secreted form]: Secreted.; [Isoform TWE-PRIL]: Cell membrane; Single-pass membrane protein.
PMID: 9405449 by Chicheportiche Y., et al. TWEAK, a new secreted ligand in the tumor necrosis factor family that weakly induces apoptosis.
PMID: 9560343 by Marsters S.A., et al. Identification of a ligand for the death-domain-containing receptor Apo3.
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