Gene
Entrez ID Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
22900
Gene name Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
Caspase recruitment domain family member 8
Gene symbol Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
CARD8
Synonyms (NCBI Gene) Gene synonyms aliases
CARDINAL, DACAR, DAKAR, NDPP, NDPP1, TUCAN
Chromosome Chromosome number
19
Chromosome location Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
19q13.33
Summary Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the caspase recruitment domain (CARD)-containing family of proteins, which are involved in pathways leading to activation of caspases or nuclear factor kappa-B (NFKB). This protein may be a component of the infl
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT000825 hsa-miR-15a-5p Microarray 18362358
MIRT000824 hsa-miR-16-5p Microarray 18362358
MIRT019890 hsa-miR-375 Microarray 20215506
MIRT053405 hsa-miR-629-5p Microarray 23807165
MIRT683581 hsa-miR-548c-3p HITS-CLIP 23313552
Transcription factors
Transcription factor Regulation Reference
NFKB1 Unknown 17878386
RELA Unknown 17878386
Gene ontology (GO) Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0002218 Process Activation of innate immune response IBA
GO:0002376 Process Immune system process IEA
GO:0004175 Function Endopeptidase activity IDA 22087307, 34019797
GO:0005515 Function Protein binding IPI 11551959, 15030775, 31525884, 33542150
GO:0005634 Component Nucleus IBA
Other IDs Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
609051 17057 ENSG00000105483
Protein
UniProt ID Q9Y2G2
Protein name Caspase recruitment domain-containing protein 8 (EC 3.4.-.-) (CARD-inhibitor of NF-kappa-B-activating ligand) (CARDINAL) (Tumor up-regulated CARD-containing antagonist of CASP9) (TUCAN) [Cleaved into: Caspase recruitment domain-containing protein 8, C-ter
Protein function Inflammasome sensor, which mediates inflammasome activation in response to various pathogen-associated signals, leading to subsequent pyroptosis of CD4(+) T-cells and macrophages (PubMed:11408476, PubMed:11821383, PubMed:15030775, PubMed:3205125
PDB 4IKM , 6K9F , 6XKJ , 7JKQ , 7JN7
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF13553 FIIND 77 330 Function to find Family
PF00619 CARD 345 429 Caspase recruitment domain Domain
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: High expression in lung, ovary, testis and placenta (PubMed:11551959). Lower expression in heart, kidney and liver (PubMed:11551959). Also expressed in spleen, lymph node and bone marrow (PubMed:11821383). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11551959,
Sequence
Sequence length 431
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG   Reactome
  NOD-like receptor signaling pathway   Formation of apoptosome
Regulation of the apoptosome activity
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Associated diseases Disease associations categorized as Causal (pathogenic variants), Unknown (uncertain genetic evidence), or Text Mining (literature-based associations)
Unknown Includes: (1) ClinVar NON-pathogenic variants (Uncertain, Benign, Conflicting, VUS), (2) GenCC associations, (3) GWAS associations, (4) CBGDA evidence-based associations. NOTE: Diseases with pathogenic evidence are excluded to avoid conflicts.
Disease merge term Disease name Evidence References Source
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Inflammatory bowel disease 30, inflammatory bowel disease 30 N/A N/A ClinVar, GenCC
Associations from Text Mining Disease associations identified through Pubtator
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Adenocarcinoma of Lung Associate 35476781
Adenocarcinoma of Lung Inhibit 35996500, 38166691
Alcoholism Associate 34587665
Anxiety Associate 34587665
Aortic Aneurysm Abdominal Associate 27157464
Arteriosclerosis Obliterans Associate 28135700
Arthritis Gouty Associate 26462562
Arthritis Psoriatic Associate 33300400
Arthritis Rheumatoid Associate 23088220
Atherosclerosis Associate 33154409