Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 54103
Gene name Gamma-secretase activating protein
Gene symbol GSAP
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
PION
Chromosome 7
Chromosome location 7q11.23
Summary Accumulation of neurotoxic amyloid-beta is a major hallmark of Alzheimer disease (AD; MIM 104300). Formation of amyloid-beta is catalyzed by gamma-secretase (see PSEN1; MIM 104311), a protease with numerous substrates. PION, or GSAP, selectively increases
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT733625 hsa-miR-29a-5p Luciferase reporter assayWestern blottingImmunofluorescenceqRT-PCRELISA 33945189
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0001540 Function Amyloid-beta binding IDA 20811458
GO:0005515 Function Protein binding IPI 20811458
GO:0005794 Component Golgi apparatus IEA
GO:0005802 Component Trans-Golgi network IBA
GO:0005802 Component Trans-Golgi network IDA 20811458
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
613552 28042 ENSG00000186088
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
A4D1B5
Protein name Gamma-secretase-activating protein (GSAP) (Protein pigeon homolog) [Cleaved into: Gamma-secretase-activating protein 16 kDa C-terminal form (GSAP-16K)]
Protein function Regulator of gamma-secretase activity, which specifically activates the production of amyloid-beta protein (amyloid-beta protein 40 and amyloid-beta protein 42), without affecting the cleavage of other gamma-secretase targets such has Notch. The
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF14959 GSAP-16 642 749 gamma-Secretase-activating protein C-term Family
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Widely expressed. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20811458}.
Sequence
MALRLVADFDLGKDVLPWLRAQRAVSEASGAGSGGADVLENDYESLHVLNVERNGNIIYT
YKDDKGNVVFGLYDCQTRQNELLYTFEKDLQVFSCSVNSERTLLAASLVQSTKEGKRNEL
QPGSKCLTLLVEIHPVNNVKVLKAVDSYIWVQFLYPHIESHPLPENHLLLISEEKYIEQF
RIHVAQEDGNRVVIKNSGHLPRDRIAEDFVWAQWDMSEQRLYYIDLKKSRSILKCIQFYA
DESYNLMFEVPLDISLSNSGFKLVNFGCDYHQYRDKFSKHLTLCVFTNHTGSLCVCYSPK
CASWGQITYSVFYIHKGHSKTFTTSLENVGSHMTKGITFLNLDYYVAVYLPGHFFHLLNV
QHPDLICHNLFLTGNNEMIDMLPHCPLQSLSGSLVLDCCSGKLYRALLSQSSLLQLLQNT
CLDCEKMAALHCALYCGQGAQFLEAQIIQWISENVSACHSFDLIQEFIIASSYWSVYSET
SNMDKLLPHSSVLTWNTEIPGITLVTEDIALPLMKVLSFKGYWEKLNSNLEYVKYAKPHF
HYNNSVVRREWHNLISEEKTGKRRSAAYVRNILDNAVKVISNLEARNLGPRLTPLLQEED
SHQRLLMGLMVSELKDHFLRHLQGVEKKKIEQMVLDYISKLLDLICHIVETNWRKHNLHS
WVLHFNSRGSAAEFAVFHIMTRILEATNSLFLPLPPGFHTLHTILGVQCLPLHNLLHCID
SGVLLLTETAVIRLMKDLDNTEKNEKLKF
SIIVRLPPLIGQKICRLWDHPMSSNIISRNH
VTRLLQNYKKQPRNSMINKSSFSVEFLPLNYFIEILTDIESSNQALYPFEGHDNVDAEFV
EEAALKHTAMLLGL
Sequence length 854
Interactions View interactions