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Facts about Apoptosis-enhancing nuclease.
When induced by p53 following DNA damage, digests double-stranded DNA to form single-stranded DNA and amplifies DNA damage signals, leading to enhancement of apoptosis. .
| Human | |
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| Gene Name: | AEN |
| Uniprot: | Q8WTP8 |
| Entrez: | 64782 |

| Belongs to: |
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| No superfamily |

apoptosis enhancing nuclease; EC 3.1; EC 3.1.13.1; FLJ12484; FLJ12562; interferon stimulated exonuclease gene 20kDa-like 1; Interferon-stimulated 20 kDa exonuclease-like 1; ISG20L1apoptosis-enhancing nuclease; pp12744
Mass (kDA):
36.35 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 15q26.1 |
| Sequence: | 15; NC_000015.10 (88604601..88632281) |
Nucleus. Nucleus, nucleolus. Localized predomintly in the nucleolus. Translocates from the nucleolus to the nucleoplasm upon apoptosis induction.





PMID: 16171785 by Lee J.-H., et al. Identification of a novel ionizing radiation-induced nuclease, AEN, and its functional characterization in apoptosis.
PMID: 18264133 by Kawase T., et al. p53 target gene AEN is a nuclear exonuclease required for p53- dependent apoptosis.