CADPS2

Ca++-dependent secretion activator 2
Identifiers
Symbols CADPS2 ; FLJ40851; KIAA1591
External IDs OMIM: 609978 MGI: 2443963 HomoloGene: 23060 GeneCards: CADPS2 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 93664 320405
Ensembl ENSG00000081803 ENSMUSG00000017978
UniProt Q86UW7 Q8BYR5
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001009571 NM_001252105
RefSeq (protein) NP_001009571 NP_001239034
Location (UCSC) Chr 7:
122.32 – 122.89 Mb
Chr 6:
23.26 – 23.84 Mb
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Calcium-dependent secretion activator 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CADPS2 gene.[1]

Function

This gene encodes a member of the calcium-dependent activator of secretion (CAPS) protein family, which are calcium-binding proteins that regulate the exocytosis of synaptic and dense-core vesicles in neurons and neuroendocrine cells.[1]

Interactions

This gene interacts with brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

Clinical significance

Cadps2 has been linked to autism[2] and is in the 7q autism susceptibility locus (AUTS1). However, the finding of aberrant CADPS2 splicing was not found to be significant in another study.[3]

A knockout mouse model was found to have autistic-like characteristics.[2]

CADPS2 has been linked to human and mouse brain structure in two large genomic studies.[4][5]

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Further reading

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