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calpastatin

Function: - cleaves & inactivates caspases, calpains - role in postmortem tenderization of meat - putative role in muscle protein degradation in living tissue - phosphorylated Structure: - 4 inhibitory domains - N-terminus is blocked - belongs to the protease inhibitor I27 (calpastatin) family Alternative splicing: named isoforms=4

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General

cysteine protease inhibitor oligomerizing protein PEST protein

Properties

QUALITIES: PROTEIN-FRAGMENT RETAINS-CALPAIN-BINDING-ACTIVITY SIZE: entity length = 708 aa MW = 77 kD COMPARTMENT: cytoplasm MOTIF: Ser phosphorylation site {S142} Inhibitory {170-222} MOTIF: Ser phosphorylation site {S222} Ser phosphorylation site {S243} Inhibitory {304-356} Inhibitory {446-499} Inhibitory {583-636} INHIBITS: calpain

Database Correlations

OMIM 114090 UniProt P20810 Pfam PF00748 Entrez Gene 831 Kegg hsa:831

References

  1. Leist M et al Four deaths and a funeral: from caspases to alternative mechanisms. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2001 Aug;2(8):589-98. Review. PMID: 11483992
  2. UniProt :accession P20810

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molecular complex