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ACIN1 apoptotic chromatin condensation inducer 1

Gene ID: 22985, updated on 3-Nov-2024
Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: ACN; ACINUS; fSAP152

Summary

Apoptosis is defined by several morphologic nuclear changes, including chromatin condensation and nuclear fragmentation. This gene encodes a nuclear protein that induces apoptotic chromatin condensation after activation by caspase-3, without inducing DNA fragmentation. This protein has also been shown to be a component of a splicing-dependent multiprotein exon junction complex (EJC) that is deposited at splice junctions on mRNAs, as a consequence of pre-mRNA splicing. It may thus be involved in mRNA metabolism associated with splicing. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2011]

Genomic context

Location:
14q11.2
Sequence:
Chromosome: 14; NC_000014.9 (23058564..23095614, complement)
Total number of exons:
22

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