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PDCD5

Programmed cell death protein 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PDCD5 gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes a protein expressed in tumor cells during apoptosis independent of the apoptosis-inducing stimuli. Prior to apoptosis induction, this gene product is distributed in both the nucleus and cytoplasm. Once apoptosis is induced, the level of this protein increases and by relocation from the cytoplasm, it accumulates in the nucleus. Although its exact function is not defined, this protein is thought to play an early and universal role in apoptosis.[2]

References

  1. Liu H, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Song Q, Di C, Chen G, Tang J, Ma D (Feb 1999). “TFAR19, a novel apoptosis-related gene cloned from human leukemia cell line TF-1, could enhance apoptosis of some tumor cells induced by growth factor withdrawal”. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 254 (1): 203–10. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1998.9893. PMID 9920759.
  2. 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: PDCD5 programmed cell death 5”.

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