Reviewed, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Q9NQS1 (AVEN_HUMAN)

Names and origin

Protein names

Recommended name:
    Cell death regulator Aven

Gene names

Name:

AVEN

Organism

Homo sapiens (Human)

Taxonomic identifier

9606 [NCBI]

Taxonomic lineage

Eukaryota › Metazoa › Chordata › Craniata › Vertebrata › Euteleostomi › Mammalia › Eutheria › Euarchontoglires › Primates › Haplorrhini › Catarrhini › Hominidae › Homo

Protein attributes

Sequence length	362 AA.
Sequence status	Complete.
Sequence processing	The displayed sequence is not processed.
Protein existence	Evidence at protein level.

General annotation (Comments)

Function	Protects against apoptosis mediated by Apaf-1.
Subunit structure	Binds Apaf-1, BCL-2 and BAD (Bcl-xl).
Subcellular location	Membrane; Peripheral membrane protein. Note= Associated with intracellular membranes.
Tissue specificity	Highly expressed in testis, ovary, thymus, prostate, spleen, small intestine, colon, heart, skeletal muscle, liver, kidney and pancreas.

Ontologies

Keywords
Biological process	Apoptosis
Cellular component	Membrane
Coding sequence diversity	Polymorphism
PTM	Phosphoprotein
Gene Ontology (GO)
Biological process	anti-apoptosis Ref.1 Inferred from direct assay. Source: UniProtKB
Cellular component	intracellular Ref.1 Inferred from direct assay. Source: UniProtKB membrane fraction Ref.1 Inferred from direct assay. Source: UniProtKB
Molecular function	protein binding Ref.1 Inferred from physical interaction. Source: UniProtKB
Complete GO annotation...

Sequence annotation (Features)

	Feature key	Position(s)	Length	Description	Graphical view
Molecule processing
	Chain	1 – 362	362	Cell death regulator Aven
Regions
	Compositional bias	5 – 85	81	Ala/Gly-rich
Amino acid modifications
	Modified residue	94	1	Phosphoserine By similarity
Natural variations
	Natural variant	228	1	Q → R: dbSNP rs2241647.

Sequences

	Sequence		Length	Mass (Da)
	Q9NQS1-1 [UniParc]. Last modified October 1, 2000. Version 1. Checksum: D86517BA087232D4	FASTA	362	38,506
	10 20 30 40 50 60 MQAERGARGG RGRRPGRGRP GGDRHSERPG AAAAVARGGG GGGGGDGGGR RGRGRGRGFR 70 80 90 100 110 120 GARGGRGGGG APRGSRREPG GWGAGASAPV EDDSDAETYG EENDEQGNYS KRKIVSNWDR 130 140 150 160 170 180 YQDIEKEVNN ESGESQRGTD FSVLLSSAGD SFSQFRFAEE KEWDSEASCP KQNSAFYVDS 190 200 210 220 230 240 ELLVRALQEL PLCLRLNVAA ELVQGTVPLE VPQVKPKRTD DGKGLGMQLK GPLGPGGRGP 250 260 270 280 290 300 IFELKSVAAG CPVLLGKDNP SPGPSRDSQK PTSPLQSAGD HLEEELDLLL NLDAPIKEGD 310 320 330 340 350 360 NILPDQTSQD LKSKEDGEVV QEEEVCAKPS VTEEKNMEPE QPSTSKNVTE EELEDWLDSM IS

References

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[1]	"Aven, a novel inhibitor of caspase activation, binds Bcl-xL and Apaf-1." Chau B.N., Cheng E.H.-Y., Kerr D.A., Hardwick J.M. Mol. Cell 6:31-40(2000) [PubMed: 10949025] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA].
[2]	"The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)." The MGC Project Team Genome Res. 14:2121-2127(2004) [PubMed: 15489334] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA]. Tissue: Kidney and Placenta.
+	Additional computationally mapped references.

Cross-references

Sequence databases
EMBLGenBankDDBJ	AF283508 mRNA. Translation: AAF91470.1. BC010488 mRNA. Translation: AAH10488.1. BC063533 mRNA. Translation: AAH63533.1.
RefSeq	NP_065104.1.
UniGene	Hs.555966
3D structure databases
ModBase	Search...
PTM databases
PhosphoSite	Q9NQS1.
Proteomic databases
PeptideAtlas	Q9NQS1.
Genome annotation databases
Ensembl	ENSG00000169857. Homo sapiens. [Contig view]
GeneID	57099.
KEGG	hsa:57099.
Organism-specific databases
H-InvDB	HIX0012083.
HGNC	HGNC:13509. AVEN.
MIM	605265. gene.
PharmGKB	PA134874337.
GenAtlas	Search...
GeneCards	Search...
Phylogenomic databases
HOGENOM	Q9NQS1.
HOVERGEN	Q9NQS1.
Gene expression databases
CleanEx	HS_AVEN.
GermOnline	ENSG00000169857. Homo sapiens.
Family and domain databases
ProDom	Q9NQS1. [Graphical view] [Entries sharing at least one domain]
BLOCKS	Search...
Other Resources
SOURCE	Search...
ProtoNet	Search...

Entry information

Entry name

AVEN_HUMAN

Accession

Primary (citable) accession number: Q9NQS1

Entry history

Integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:	May 2, 2002
Last sequence update:	October 1, 2000
Last modified:	July 22, 2008
This is version 50 of the entry and version 1 of the sequence. [Complete history]

Entry status

Reviewed (UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot)

Annotation project

HPI (Human Proteome Initiative)