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Gene information for FAS (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID355
Official gene symbolFAS
Full nameFas (TNF receptor superfamily, member 6)
Aliases,ALPS1A,APO-1,APT1,CD95,FAS1,FASTM,TNFRSF6,
Gene summaryThe protein encoded by this gene is a member of the TNF-receptor superfamily. This receptor contains a death domain. It has been shown to play a central role in the physiological regulation of programmed cell death, and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of various malignancies and diseases of the immune system. The interaction of this receptor with its ligand allows the formation of a death-inducing signaling complex that includes Fas-associated death domain protein (FADD), caspase 8, and caspase 10. The autoproteolytic processing of the caspases in the complex triggers a downstream caspase cascade, and leads to apoptosis. This receptor has been also shown to activate NF-kappaB, MAPK3/ERK1, and MAPK8/JNK, and is found to be involved in transducing the proliferating signals in normal diploid fibroblast and T cells. At least eight alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described, some of which are candidates for nonsense-mediated decay (NMD). The isoforms lacking the transmembrane domain may negatively regulate the apoptosis mediated by the full length isoform. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 10   Locus: 10q24.1
Gene position90750288 - 90775542  Map Viewer
Gene orientationplus
Gene size25255 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID134637