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Facts about Eosinophil cationic protein.
Exhibits antibacterial activity, including cytoplasmic membrane depolarization of preferentially Gram-negative, but also Gram-positive strains. Promotes E.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | RNASE3 |
| Uniprot: | P12724 |
| Entrez: | 6037 |

| Belongs to: |
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| pancreatic ribonuclease family |

eosinophil cationic protein; ECP; ribonuclease, RNase A family, 3; RNS3
Mass (kDA):
18.385 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 14q11.2 |
| Sequence: | 14; NC_000014.9 (20891403..20892348) |
Secreted. Located in the matrix of eosinophil large specific granule, which are released following activation by an immune stimulus.




PMID: 2473157 by Rosenberg H.F., et al. Human eosinophil cationic protein. Molecular cloning of a cytotoxin and helminthotoxin with ribonuclease activity.
PMID: 2387583 by Hamann K.J., et al. Structure and chromosome localization of the human eosinophil-derived neurotoxin and eosinophil cationic protein genes: evidence for intronless coding sequences in the ribonuclease gene superfamily.