Caspase recruitment domain-containing protein 8

Caspase recruitment domain-containing protein 8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CARD8 gene.^[3][4][5]

CARD8
Available structures PDB Human UniProt search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes 4IKM
Identifiers
Aliases	CARD8, CARDINAL, DACAR, DAKAR, NDPP, NDPP1, TUCAN, caspase recruitment domain family member 8
External IDs	OMIM: 609051; HomoloGene: 136365; GeneCards: CARD8; OMA:CARD8 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 19 (human)[1] Band 19q13.33 Start 48,180,770 bp[1] End 48,255,946 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in monocyte granulocyte spleen buccal mucosa cell blood lymph node gallbladder appendix Achilles tendon right lung n/a More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function cysteine-type endopeptidase activator activity involved in apoptotic process protein binding protein homodimerization activity NACHT domain binding CARD domain binding identical protein binding Cellular component NLRP3 inflammasome complex nucleoplasm cytoplasm nucleus cytosol protein-containing complex inflammasome complex Biological process apoptotic process regulation of apoptotic process positive regulation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process negative regulation of I-kappaB kinase/NF-kappaB signaling activation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process negative regulation of tumor necrosis factor-mediated signaling pathway negative regulation of lipopolysaccharide-mediated signaling pathway negative regulation of NF-kappaB transcription factor activity inhibition of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 22900 n/a Ensembl ENSG00000105483 n/a UniProt Q9Y2G2 n/a RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001184900 NM_001184901 NM_001184902 NM_001184903 NM_001184904 NM_014959 NM_001351782 NM_001351783 NM_001351784 NM_001351786 NM_001351787 NM_001351788 NM_001351789 NM_001351790 NM_001351791 NM_001351792 NM_001365950 n/a RefSeq (protein) NP_001171829 NP_001171830 NP_001171831 NP_001171832 NP_001171833 NP_055774 NP_001338711 NP_001338712 NP_001338713 NP_001338715 NP_001338716 NP_001338717 NP_001338718 NP_001338719 NP_001338720 NP_001338721 NP_001352879 n/a Location (UCSC) Chr 19: 48.18 – 48.26 Mb n/a PubMed search [2] n/a
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Function

Caspase recruitment domain (CARD)-containing proteins, such as CARD8, are involved in pathways leading to activation of caspases or nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) in the context of apoptosis or inflammation, respectively.^[5]