Gene Symbol | ACIN1 |
Entrez Gene ID | 22985 |
Full Name | apoptotic chromatin condensation inducer 1 |
Synonyms | ACINUS,ACN,fSAP152 |
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Gene Type | protein-coding |
Organism | Homo sapiens(human) |
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Summary | Apoptosis is defined by several morphologic nuclear changes, including chromatin condensation and nuclear fragmentation. This gene encodes a nuclear protein that induces apoptotic chromatin condensation after activation by caspase-3, without inducing DNA fragmentation. This protein has also been shown to be a component of a splicing-dependent multiprotein exon junction complex (EJC) that is deposited at splice junctions on mRNAs, as a consequence of pre-mRNA splicing. It may thus be involved in mRNA metabolism associated with splicing. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2011]. |
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