GZMA

GZMA
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesGZMA, CTLA3, HFSP, granzyme A
External IDsMGI: 109266 HomoloGene: 21237 GeneCards: GZMA
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

3001

14938

Ensembl

ENSG00000145649

ENSMUSG00000023132

UniProt

P12544

P11032

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_006144

NM_010370

RefSeq (protein)

NP_006135

NP_034500

Location (UCSC)Chr 5: 55.1 – 55.11 MbChr 13: 113.09 – 113.1 Mb
PubMed search[1][2]
Wikidata
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Granzyme A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GZMA gene, and is one of the five granzymes encoded in the human genome .[3][4][5]

Cytolytic T lymphocytes (CTL) and natural killer (NK) cells share the remarkable ability to recognize, bind, and lyse specific target cells. They are thought to protect their host by lysing cells bearing on their surface 'nonself' antigens, usually peptides or proteins resulting from infection by intracellular pathogens. The protein described here is a T cell- and natural killer cell-specific serine protease that may function as a common component necessary for lysis of target cells by cytotoxic T lymphocytes and natural killer cells.[5]

Human Granzyme Genes

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Hameed A, Lowrey DM, Lichtenheld M, Podack ER (Nov 1988). "Characterization of three serine esterases isolated from human IL-2 activated killer cells". J Immunol. 141 (9): 3142–7. PMID 3262682.
  4. Masson D, Zamai M, Tschopp J (Dec 1986). "Identification of granzyme A isolated from cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-granules as one of the proteases encoded by CTL-specific genes". FEBS Lett. 208 (1): 84–8. PMID 3533635. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(86)81537-X.
  5. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: GZMA granzyme A (granzyme 1, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated serine esterase 3)".

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