Gene Information
Gene NameFAS
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length335
Protein NamesTumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 6 (Apo-1 antigen) (Apoptosis-mediating surface antigen FAS) (FASLG receptor) (CD antigen CD95)
Target Nameapoptosis mediating surface antigen fas
Target TypeClinical trial target
Gene Age645 ( ENSG00000026103 )
Evolutionary StageEumetazoa
AlphaFoldDBP25445
Gene CardFAS
Uniprot IDP25445
PfamPF00531; PF00020
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (1.190496079)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ FAS ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ FAS ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ FAS ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Fas ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ FAS ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Fas ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsTNFRSF25, TNFRSF6B, CD40, TNFRSF21, TNFRSF1A, TNFRSF10C, TNFRSF11B, TNFRSF10B, TNFRSF11A, CD27, NGFR, TNFRSF10A, TNFRSF9, TNFRSF18, TNFRSF8, LTBR, RELT, TNFRSF10D, TNFRSF4, TNFRSF14, TNFRSF1B
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityIsoform 1 and isoform 6 are expressed at equal levels in resting peripheral blood mononuclear cells. After activation there is an increase in isoform 1 and decrease in the levels of isoform 6. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7575433}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 1DDF  (NMR  2NA7  (NMR  3EWT  (X-ray  2.40A  3EZQ  (X-ray  2.73A  3THM  (X-ray  2.10A  3TJE  (X-ray  1.93A 
DBSNP rs3218619  rs606231364  rs121913083  rs121913078  rs3218614  rs121913084  rs758835365  rs28362322  rs121913079  rs201072885  rs121913076  rs121913080  rs121913082  rs28929498  rs121913086  rs121913081  rs3218611 
Subcellular location [CC][Isoform 1]: Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:1713127, ECO:0000269|PubMed:25301068};
Single-pass type I membrane protein {ECO:0000305}. Membrane raft {ECO:0000269|PubMed:25301068}.;
[Isoform 2]: Secreted.;
[Isoform 3]: Secreted.;
[Isoform 4]: Secreted.;
[Isoform 5]: Secreted.;
[Isoform 6]: Secreted.
Mouse PG classificationHPG
click here to return to the previous page