CARD8

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 inflammasome, a protein complex that plays a role in the activation of proinflammatory caspases. It is thought that this protein acts as an adaptor molecule that negatively regulates NFKB activation, CASP1-dependent IL1B secretion, and apoptosis. Polymorphisms in this gene may be associated with a susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, May 2010]

Description

Caspase recruitment domain family member 8

Tissue specificity

Low tissue specificity

Subcell location

Nucleoplasm

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

Human disease related genes
Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Predicted intracellular proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)

Chromosome

19 (48180770 - 48255946)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000105483  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

-

UniProt

Q9Y2G2

neXtProt

NX_Q9Y2G2

Human splice variants

Protein structure