CIDEA

CIDEA
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases CIDEA, CIDE-A, cell death-inducing DFFA-like effector a
External IDs MGI: 1270845 HomoloGene: 77852 GeneCards: CIDEA
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

1149

12683

Ensembl

ENSG00000176194

ENSMUSG00000024526

UniProt

O60543

O70302

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001279
NM_001318383

NM_007702

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001270.1

NP_031728.2

Location (UCSC) Chr 18: 12.25 – 12.28 Mb Chr 18: 67.34 – 67.37 Mb
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Cell death activator CIDE-A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CIDEA gene.[3][4][5] Cidea is an essential transcriptional coactivator regulating mammary gland secretion of milk lipids.[6]

This gene encodes the homolog of the mouse protein Cidea that has been shown to activate apoptosis. This activation of apoptosis is inhibited by the DNA fragmentation factor DFF45 but not by caspase inhibitors. Mice that lack functional Cidea have higher metabolic rates, higher lipolysis in brown adipose tissue and higher core body temperatures when subjected to cold. These mice are also resistant to diet-induced obesity and diabetes. This suggests that in mice this gene product plays a role in thermogenesis and lipolysis. Two alternative transcripts encoding different isoforms have been identified.[5]

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