National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Department of Biology
Biophysics & Bioinformatics Laboratory
Protein Information |
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| Protein Name | Clusterin alpha chain |
| Accession Code | Q9XSC5 |
| Gene | CLU |
| Organism | Oryctolagus cuniculus | Rabbit (Taxonomy: 9986) |
| Part of Reference Proteome? | Yes |
| Sequence (Length: 447) |
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 |
| Peripheral | UniProt | By Similarity {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P10909} | Assigned Ontology terms |
Description |
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| Functions as extracellular chaperone that prevents aggregation of non native proteins. Prevents stress-induced aggregation of blood plasma proteins. Inhibits formation of amyloid fibrils by APP, APOC2, B2M, CALCA, CSN3, SNCA and aggregation-prone LYZ variants (in vitro). Does not require ATP. Maintains partially unfolded proteins in a state appropriate for subsequent refolding by other chaperones, such as HSPA8/HSC70. Does not refold proteins by itself. Binding to cell surface receptors triggers internalization of the chaperone-client complex and subsequent lysosomal or proteasomal degradation. When secreted, protects cells against apoptosis and against cytolysis by complement. Intracellular forms interact with ubiquitin and SCF (SKP1- CUL1-F-box protein) E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase complexes and promote the ubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation of target proteins. Promotes proteasomal degradation of COMMD1 and IKBKB. Modulates NF-kappa-B transcriptional activity (By similarity). Following stress, promotes apoptosis (By similarity). Inhibits apoptosis when associated with the mitochondrial membrane by interference with BAX-dependent release of cytochrome c into the cytoplasm. Plays a role in the regulation of cell proliferation. An intracellular form suppresses stress-induced apoptosis by stabilizing mitochondrial membrane integrity through interaction with HSPA5. Secreted form does not affect caspase or BAX-mediated intrinsic apoptosis and TNF-induced NF-kappa-B-activity (By similarity). Secreted form act as an important modulator during neuronal differentiation through interaction with STMN3 (By similarity). Plays a role in the clearance of immune complexes that arise during cell injury (By similarity). {By SimilarityUniProtKB:P05371, By SimilarityUniProtKB:P10909, By SimilarityUniProtKB:Q06890}. | Assigned Ontology terms |
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Department of Biology
Biophysics & Bioinformatics Laboratory