SPPL2A

Signal peptide peptidase like 2A
Identifiers
Symbols SPPL2A ; IMP3; PSL2
External IDs OMIM: 608238 MGI: 1913802 HomoloGene: 36411 GeneCards: SPPL2A Gene
EC number 3.4.23.-
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 84888 66552
Ensembl ENSG00000138600 ENSMUSG00000027366
UniProt Q8TCT8 Q9JJF9
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_032802 NM_023220
RefSeq (protein) NP_116191 NP_075709
Location (UCSC) Chr 15:
50.7 – 50.77 Mb
Chr 2:
126.89 – 126.93 Mb
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Signal peptide peptidase-like 2A, also known as SPPL2A, is a human gene.[1]

Function

This gene is a member of the signal peptide peptidase-like protease (SPPL) family and encodes an endosomal membrane protein with the conserved active site motifs 'YD' and 'GxGD' in adjacent transmembrane domains (TMDs). This protein plays a role in innate and adaptive immunity by cleaving TNFα in activated dendritic cells.[2][3] A pseudogene of this gene also lies on chromosome 15.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: SPPL2A signal peptide peptidase-like 2A".
  2. Friedmann E, Hauben E, Maylandt K, et al. (2006). "SPPL2a and SPPL2b promote intramembrane proteolysis of TNFalpha in activated dendritic cells to trigger IL-12 production". Nat. Cell Biol. 8 (8): 843–8. doi:10.1038/ncb1440. PMID 16829952.
  3. Fluhrer R, Grammer G, Israel L, et al. (2006). "A gamma-secretase-like intramembrane cleavage of TNFalpha by the GxGD aspartyl protease SPPL2b". Nat. Cell Biol. 8 (8): 894–6. doi:10.1038/ncb1450. PMID 16829951.

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