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Facts about Apoptosis inhibitor 5.
By binding to ACIN1, it suppresses ACIN1 cleavage from CASP3 and ACIN1-mediated DNA fragmentation. Also known to effectively suppress E2F1-induced apoptosis.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | API5 |
| Uniprot: | Q9BZZ5 |
| Entrez: | 8539 |

| Belongs to: |
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| API5 family |

AAC-11API5L1; AAC11fibroblast growth factor 2-interacting factor 2; Antiapoptosis clone 11 protein; API-5; apoptosis inhibitor 5; Cell migration-inducing gene 8 protein; Fibroblast growth factor 2-interacting factor; FIF; migration-inducing protein MIG8; Protein XAGL
Mass (kDA):
59.005 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 11p12 |
| Sequence: | 11; NC_000011.10 (43311970..43344530) |
Expressed in all tissues tested, including heart, brain, placenta, lung, liver, skeletal muscle, kidney and pancreas. Highest levels in heart, pancreas and placenta. Highly expressed in several cancers. Preferentially expressed in squamous cell carcinoma versus adenocarcinoma in non-small cell lung cancer.
Nucleus. Cytoplasm. Mainly nuclear. Can also be cytoplasmic.; [Isoform 3]: Cytoplasm.





PMID: 9307294 by Tewari M., et al. AAC-11, a novel cDNA that inhibits apoptosis after growth factor withdrawal.
PMID: 10393420 by Gianfrancesco F., et al. Molecular cloning and fine mapping of API5L1, a novel human gene strongly related to an antiapoptotic gene.