National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Department of Biology
Biophysics & Bioinformatics Laboratory
Protein Information |
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| Protein Name | Prostaglandin E synthase |
| Accession Code | Q6PWL6 |
| Gene | PTGES |
| Organism | Macaca fascicularis | Crab-eating macaque (Taxonomy: 9541) |
| Part of Reference Proteome? | Yes |
| Sequence (Length: 152) |
Description |
Position in the Nuclear Envelope |
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| Location | Location ID | Description |
| Perinuclear Region | SL-0198 | The perinuclear region is the cytoplasmic region just around the nucleus. | Membrane Topology |
| Topology | Source | Annotation Type |
| Transmembrane | UniProt | By Similarity {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O14684} | Assigned Ontology terms |
Description |
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| Terminal enzyme of the cyclooxygenase (COX)-2-mediated prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) biosynthetic pathway. Catalyzes the glutathione-dependent oxidoreduction of prostaglandin endoperoxide H2 (PGH2) to prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) in response to inflammatory stimuli (By similarity). Plays a key role in inflammation response, fever and pain (By similarity). Catalyzes also the oxidoreduction of endocannabinoids into prostaglandin glycerol esters and PGG2 into 15- hydroperoxy-PGE2. In addition, displays low glutathione transferase and glutathione-dependent peroxidase activities, toward 1-chloro-2,4- dinitrobenzene and 5-hydroperoxyicosatetraenoic acid (5-HPETE), respectively (By similarity). {By SimilarityUniProtKB:O14684, By SimilarityUniProtKB:Q9JM51}. | Assigned Ontology terms |
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Department of Biology
Biophysics & Bioinformatics Laboratory