Cytosolic and membrane-bound forms of glutathione S-transferase are encoded by two distinct supergene families. These enzymes are involved in cellular defense against toxic, carcinogenic, and pharmacologically active electrophilic compounds. At present, eight distinct classes of the soluble cytoplasmic mammalian glutathione S-transferases have been identified: alpha, kappa, mu, omega, pi, sigma, theta and zeta. This gene encodes a glutathione S-tranferase belonging to the alpha class. The al

Component of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 (eIF-3) complex, which is required for several steps in the initiation of protein synthesis. The eIF-3 complex associates with the 40S ribosome and facilitates the recruitment of eIF-1, eIF-1A, eIF-2:GTP:methionyl-tRNAi and eIF-5 to form the 43S preinitiation complex (43S PIC). The eIF-3 complex stimulates mRNA recruitment to the 43S PIC and scanning of the mRNA for AUG recognition. The eIF-3 complex is also required for disassembly

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the TNF-receptor superfamily. This receptor contains an extracellular TRAIL-binding domain and a transmembrane domain, but no cytoplasmic death domain. This receptor is not capable of inducing apoptosis, and is thought to function as an antagonistic receptor that protects cells from TRAIL-induced apoptosis. This gene was found to be a p53-regulated DNA damage-inducible gene. The expression of this gene was detected in many normal tissues but not

Hematological and neurological expressed 1 protein (HN1) is a 154 amino acid member of the HN1 family. HN1 has been proposed to play a role in embryo development, specifically hemopoietic cell and neurological development. Localized to the nucleus, HN1 is expressed in many fetal and adult tissues, with highest levels of expression in brain, colon, prostate, testis, thymus, skeletal muscle, peripheral blood cells and placenta. HN1 has been identified to have processed pseudogenes in the mous

Gas2 is a 313 amino acid protein encoded by the human gene GAS2. Gas2 is thought to play a role in apoptosis by acting as a cell death substrate for caspases. Gas2, a component of the microfilament system, is cleaved by a caspase (caspase-3 and caspase-7) at Asparagine 278 during apoptosis. The cleaved form resulting from this dramatically induces the rearrangement of the Actin cytoskeleton and causes potent changes in the shape of the affected cells. Gas2 is believed to also be involved in t

Dopamine-beta-Hydroxylase (DBH), Dopamine can be transformed into Noradrenalin. Conversion of dopamine to noradrenaline. [SUBUNIT] Homotetramer composed of two non-covalently bound disulfide-linked dimers. [SUBCELLULAR LOCATION] Soluble dopamine beta-hydroxylase: Cytoplasmic vesicle, secretory vesicle lumen. Cytoplasmic vesicle, secretory vesicle, chromaffin granule lumen. Cytoplasmic vesicle, secretory vesicle membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein. Cytoplasmic vesicle, secretory vesic