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Identification
HMDB Protein ID HMDBP14604
Secondary Accession Numbers None
Name Candidapepsin-2
Synonyms
  1. ACP 2
  2. Aspartate protease 2
  3. Secreted aspartic protease 2
Gene Name SAP2
Protein Type Unknown
Biological Properties
General Function Not Available
Specific Function Secreted aspartic peptidases (SAPs) are a group of ten acidic hydrolases considered as key virulence factors. These enzymes supply the fungus with nutrient amino acids as well as are able to degrade the selected host's proteins involved in the immune defense. Induces host inflammatory cytokine production in a proteolytic activity-independent way. Plays a role in tissue damage during superficial infection. Moreover, acts toward human hemoglobin though limited proteolysis to generate a variety of antimicrobial hemocidins, enabling to compete with the other microorganisms of the same physiological niche using the microbicidal peptides generated from the host protein.
Pathways Not Available
Reactions Not Available
GO Classification
Biological Process
cellular protein catabolic process
protein catabolic process
adhesion of symbiont to host
induction by symbiont of defense-related host calcium ion flux
protein metabolic process
signal peptide processing
nitrogen compound metabolic process
proteolysis
pathogenesis
fungal-type cell wall organization
induction by symbiont of host defense response
Cellular Component
extracellular region
fungal-type cell wall
extracellular vesicle
Molecular Function
aspartic-type endopeptidase activity
Cellular Location Not Available
Gene Properties
Chromosome Location Not Available
Locus Not Available
SNPs Not Available
Gene Sequence Not Available
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 398
Molecular Weight 42315.655
Theoretical pI 4.701
Pfam Domain Function
Signals
  • 1-18;
Transmembrane Regions Not Available
Protein Sequence Not Available
GenBank ID Protein Not Available
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID P0DJ06
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name CARP2_CANAL
PDB IDs Not Available
GenBank Gene ID Not Available
GeneCard ID Not Available
GenAtlas ID Not Available
HGNC ID Not Available
References
General References
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