National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Calcineurin
Synonyms

Calcineurin

Definitions

Ubiquitous heterodimeric human Calcineurin is Ca(2+)/calmodulin-regulated protein phosphatase involved in many biologic activities as a modifier of phosphorylation status. Composed of widely expressed or tissue-restricted 55-60-kDa calmodulin-binding catalytic subunit (PPP Phosphatase/PP-2B Family) and conserved 19-kD Ca(2+)-sensitive regulatory subunit, Calcineurin appears to regulate glycolytic metabolism, nuclear translocation of NFATC1 transcription factor, sperm motility, and dopaminergic signal transduction and NMDA receptor-dependent synaptic plasticity. (NCI)

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C17275

code

C17275

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C142799

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C142800

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116977

Contributing_Source

CTRP

DEFINITION

Ubiquitous heterodimeric human Calcineurin is Ca(2+)/calmodulin-regulated protein phosphatase involved in many biologic activities as a modifier of phosphorylation status. Composed of widely expressed or tissue-restricted 55-60-kDa calmodulin-binding catalytic subunit (PPP Phosphatase/PP-2B Family) and conserved 19-kD Ca(2+)-sensitive regulatory subunit, Calcineurin appears to regulate glycolytic metabolism, nuclear translocation of NFATC1 transcription factor, sperm motility, and dopaminergic signal transduction and NMDA receptor-dependent synaptic plasticity. (NCI)

Display_Name

Calcineurin

FULL_SYN

Calcineurin

label

Calcineurin

Legacy Concept Name

Calcineurin

Preferred_Name

Calcineurin

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C17275

Semantic_Type

Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein

Enzyme

UMLS_CUI

C0054450

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C21176

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