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Protein Accession#

Gene Name

NLRP1

Gene Alias

CARD7, CLR17.1, DEFCAP, DEFCAP-L/S, DKFZp586O1822, KIAA0926, NAC, NALP1, PP1044, SLEV1, VAMAS1

Gene Description

NLR family, pyrin domain containing 1

Omim ID

Gene Ontology

Gene Summary

This gene encodes a member of the Ced-4 family of apoptosis proteins. Ced-family members contain a caspase recruitment domain (CARD) and are known to be key mediators of programmed cell death. The encoded protein contains a distinct N-terminal pyrin-like motif, which is possibly involved in protein-protein interactions. This protein interacts strongly with caspase 2 and weakly with caspase 9. Overexpression of this gene was demonstrated to induce apoptosis in cells. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been found for this gene, but the biological validity of some variants has not been determined. [provided by RefSeq

Other Designations

NACHT, LRR and PYD containing protein 1|NACHT, leucine rich repeat and PYD (pyrin domain) containing 1|NACHT, leucine rich repeat and PYD containing 1|caspase recruitment domain protein 7|death effector filament-forming Ced-4-like apoptosis protein|nucleo