Protein Name MAP kinase activating death domain
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 8567
Gene Symbol

MADD

UniProt Q8WXG6 (MADD_HUMAN), A0A0A0MRB5 (A0A0A0MRB5_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 28
Total Number of Articles : 48
Description

MAP kinase activating death domain

Gene Summary

Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) is a signaling molecule that interacts with one of two receptors on cells targeted for apoptosis. The apoptotic signal is transduced inside these cells by cytoplasmic adaptor proteins. The protein encoded by this gene is a death domain-containing adaptor protein that interacts with the death domain of TNF-alpha receptor 1 to activate mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and propagate the apoptotic signal. It is membrane-bound and expressed at a higher level in neoplastic cells than in normal cells. Several transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

synonyms
  • MAP kinase-activating death domain protein
  • Insuloma-Glucagonoma protein 20
  • Rab3 GDP/GTP exchange factor
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Properties