CAPN8 - calpain 8 Gene

Homo sapiens

Also known as nCL-2

Gene ID: 388743 | Gene type: protein coding

About CAPN8

Cytogenetic location: 1q41 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38): 1:223,541,616-223,665,701 (from NCBI)

This gene has 9 transcripts (splice variants), 147 orthologues and 20 paralogues. Biased expression in stomach (RPKM 65.0), lung (RPKM 7.1) and 2 other tissues.

Summary

Predicted to enable calcium-dependent cysteine-type endopeptidase activity and identical protein binding activity. Predicted to be involved in proteolysis. Predicted to act upstream of or within calcium-dependent self proteolysis. Predicted to be located in Golgi apparatus. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

CAPN8 Products(1)

mRNA	Protein	Name
NM_001143962.2	NP_001137434.1	calpain-8

CAPN8 Protein Structure

Peptidase_C2

Calpain_III

EF-hand_8

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681 a.a.

Protein Preferred Names

Protein Names

calpain-8

new calpain 2

Related Diseases

Diseases

Alias

Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal, 2

Jansky-Bielschowsky Disease	Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis 2
CLN2	Lincl
Cln2 Disease	Late-Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal, 2, Variable Age At Onset	Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis 2 Variable Age At Onset
Cln2 Disease, Juvenile	Cln2 Disease, Late Infantile
Late-Infantile Batten Disease	Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Late-Infantile
Classic Late Infantile Ncl	Classic Late Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis 2 With Variable Age At Onset	Lipofuscinosis, Ceroid, Neuronal, Type 2
Late-Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipfuscinosis

Partial Optic Atrophy

Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis

Hereditary Ceroid Lipofuscinosis	Batten Disease
Ncl	Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses
Lipofuscinosis, Ceroid, Neuronal	Juvenile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
Cerebromacular Dystrophy	Cerebromacular Degeneration
Ceroid-Lipofuscinosis	Ncl - [Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis]
Amaurotic Familial Idiocy	Amaurotic Idiocy
Amaurotic Idiot	Neuronal Lipofuscinosis
Pigmentary Retinal Lipoid Neuronal Heredodegeneration

Cholesterol Ester Storage Disease

Methylmalonic Aciduria And Homocystinuria, Cblc Type

MAHCC	Vitamin B12 Metabolic Defect With Combined Deficiency Of Methylmalonyl-Coa Mutase And Homocysteine:Methyltetrahydrofolate Methyltransferase
Methylmalonic Aciduria And Homocystinuria, Cblc Type, Digenic	Methylmalonic Aciduria And Homocystinuria Type Cblc
Cobalamin C Disease	Methylmalonic Acidemia With Homocystinuria Cblc
Methylmalonic Acidemia And Homocystinuria, Cblc Type	Methylmalonic Aciduria And Homocystinuria, Vitamin B12-Responsive
Cobalamin C Deficiency	Methylmalonic Acidemia With Homocystinuria, Type Cblc
Cblc Defect	Cobalamin C Defect
Combined Defect In Adenosylcobalamin And Methylcobalamin Synthesis, Type Cblc	Methylmalonic Aciduria With Homocystinuria, Type Cblc
Methylmalonic Acidemia And Homocystinuria Cblc Type	Methylmalonic Aciduria And Homocystinuria Vitamin B12-Responsive
Aciduria, Methylmalonic, And Homocystinuria, Cblc Type	Methylmalonic Acidemia With Homocystinuria

Myoclonic Epilepsy Associated With Ragged-Red Fibers

Merrf Syndrome	MERRF
Fukuhara Syndrome	Myoclonic Epilepsy Associated With Ragged Red Fibers
Myoencephalopathy Ragged-Red Fiber Disease	Myoclonic Epilepsy - Ragged Red Fibers
Myoclonus Epilepsy And Ragged Red Fibers	Myoclonus With Epilepsy And With Ragged Red Fibers
Myoclonic Epilepsy With Ragged Red Fibers	Myoclonic Epilepsy With Ragged-Red Fibers
Fukuhara Disease	Myoclonus Epilepsy Associated With Ragged-Red Fibres
Myoclonus With Epilepsy With Ragged Red Fibers

Diseases	Alias
Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia	Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Related Agents

Pre-clinical Phase

Bioactive Molecules (1)

Cat. No.	Product Name	Effect Pre-designed Sets	Purity	Rare Diseases Unkown
HY-RS01893	CAPN8 Human Pre-designed siRNA Set A	Pre-designed Sets	/	Unkown

Orthologs Information

Species	Symbol	Source	ID
Canis familiaris	CAPN8	VGNC	VGNC:54927
Bos taurus	CAPN8	VGNC	VGNC:50012
Macaca mulatta	CAPN8	VGNC	VGNC:99861
Mus musculus	CAPN8	MGD	MGI:2181366
Rattus norvegicus	CAPN8	RGD	RGD:620085

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