Description
Product Characteristics:
GIMAP5, also known as IAN5, IAN4L1 (immunity-associated nucleotide 4-like 1 protein), IAN4, IMAP3, HIMAP3 or IROD, is a 307 amino acid single-pass type IV membrane protein of the mitochondrial outer membrane. A member of the GTP-binding superfamily and the immuno-associated nucleotide (IAN) subfamily, GIMAP5 plays a role in T-cell survival and mitochondrial integrity. GIMAP5 is highly expressed in CD4 and CD8-positive T-cells and monocytes, as well as B-lymphocyte-derived neoplasms. GIMAP5 exists as two alternatively spliced isoforms and is encoded by a gene that maps to human chromosome 7q36.1. Defects in the GIMAP5 gene are associated with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm, Cell membrane
Synonyms: HIMAP3, IAN4, IAN4L1, IAN5, IMAP3, FLJ11296, GIMAP 5, GTPase IMAP family member 5, GTPase, IMAP family member 5, immunity-associated nucleotide 5, hIAN5, IAN 5, Immune associated nucleotide 4 like 1, Immunity associated nucleotide 4 like 1 protein, Immunity associated protein 3, GIMA5_HUMAN.
Target Information: This gene encodes a protein belonging to the GTP-binding superfamily and to the immuno-associated nucleotide (IAN) subfamily of nucleotide-binding proteins. In humans, the IAN subfamily genes are located in a cluster at 7q36.1. This gene encodes an antiapoptotic protein that functions in T-cell survival. Polymorphisms in this gene are associated with systemic lupus erythematosus. Read-through transcription exists between this gene and the neighboring upstream GIMAP1 (GTPase, IMAP family member 1) gene. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2010]