Alternative Names
Cornulin; 53 kDa Putative Calcium-Binding Protein; 53 kDa Squamous Epithelial-Induced Stress Protein; 58 kDa Heat Shock Protein; Squamous Epithelial Heat Shock Protein 53; Tumor-Related Protein; CRNN; C1orf10; DRC1; PDRC1; SEP53
Background
Cornulin is a member of the fused gene family of molecular chaperones. Human Cornulin contains N-terminus EF-hand domains and Ca2+ binding domains, and two glutamine- and threonine-rich 60 amino acid repeats in its C-terminus. Cornulin involves in the mucosal/epithelial immune response and epidermal differentiation. Cornulin is a survival factor that participates in the clonogenicity of squamous esophageal epithelium cell lines, attenuates deoxycholic acid (DCA)-induced apoptotic cell death and release of calcium. When Cornulin is overexpressed in oral squamous carcinoma cell lines, it regulates negatively cell proliferation by the induction of G1 arrest.
Note
For Research Use Only , Not for Diagnostic Use.
