Gene Information
Gene NameGSDME
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length496
Protein NamesGasdermin-E (Inversely correlated with estrogen receptor expression 1) (ICERE-1) (Non-syndromic hearing impairment protein 5) [Cleaved into: Gasdermin-E, N-terminal (GSDME-NT); Gasdermin-E, C-terminal (GSDME-CT)]
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age544 ( ENSG00000105928 )
Evolutionary StageEumetazoa
AlphaFoldDBO60443
Gene CardGSDME
Uniprot IDO60443
PfamPF04598; PF17708
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-1.64596561)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ GSDME ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ GSDME ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ GSDME ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ GSDME ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Gsdme ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ GSDME ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Gsdme ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ GSDME ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsPJVK
ParalogsNA
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in cochlea (PubMed:9771715). Low level of expression in heart, brain, placenta, lung, liver, skeletal muscle, kidney and pancreas, with highest expression in placenta (PubMed:9771715). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9771715}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs754554  rs876306  rs12540919 
Subcellular location [CC][Gasdermin-E, N-terminal]: Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:28045099, ECO:0000269|PubMed:28459430};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q5Y4Y6}.;
[Gasdermin-E]: Cytoplasm, cytosol {ECO:0000269|PubMed:28045099}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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