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Facts about Granzyme A.
Cleaves APEX1 after'Lys-31' and destroys its oxidative repair action. Cleaves the nucleosome assembly protein SET after 'Lys-189', which disrupts its nucleosome assembly activity and allows the SET complex to translocate into the nucleus to nick and degrade the DNA.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | GZMA |
| Uniprot: | P12544 |
| Entrez: | 3001 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| peptidase S1 family |

CTL Tryptase; CTLA3; CTLA3Granzyme A (Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated serine esterase-3; Hanukah factorserine protease); Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte proteinase 1; EC 3.4.21; Fragmentin-1; granzyme A (granzyme 1, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated serine esterase 3); Granzyme A; Granzyme-1; GZMA; H factor; Hanukkah factor; HF; HFSP; HFSPEC 3.4.21.78
Mass (kDA):
28.999 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 5q11.2 |
| Sequence: | 5; NC_000005.10 (55102646..55110252) |
[Isoform alpha]: Secreted. Cytoplasmic granule.




PMID: 3257574 by Gershenfeld H.K., et al. Cloning and chromosomal assignment of a human cDNA encoding a T cell- and natural killer cell-specific trypsin-like serine protease.
PMID: 17180578 by Ruike Y., et al. Glucocorticoid-induced alternative promoter usage for a novel 5' variant of granzyme A.