Gene Information
Gene NameGFAP
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length432
Protein NamesGlial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age645 ( ENSG00000131095 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBP14136
Gene CardGFAP
Uniprot IDP14136
PfamPF00038; PF04732
In ASDyes
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.905333635)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ GFAP ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ GFAP ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ GFAP ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ GFAP ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Gfap ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ GFAP ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Gfap ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ GFAP ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsVIM, NEFM, KRT18, PRPH, KRT7, KRT84, KRT82, KRT80, KRT1, KRT8, KRT86, KRT75, KRT6C, KRT4, KRT83, KRT2, DES, KRT6B, KRT79, KRT5, KRT77, KRT6A
ParalogsVIM, KRT12, KRT74, INA, NEFM, KRT39, SYNM, KRT13, KRT80, KRT33B, KRT31, KRT77, KRT26, KRT32, KRT73, KRT28, KRT37, KRT38, KRT6B, KRT6A, KRT6C, KRT72, KRT20, KRT5, KRT222, LMNB1, PRPH, KRT23, KRT4, KRT36, KRT7, KRT34, KRT75, KRT25, KRT76, KRT35, KRT78, KRT24, KRT40, KRT86, KRT83, KRT81, NES, DES, KRT2, KRT9, KRT27, KRT3, KRT84, LMNB2, KRT33A, KRT82, BFSP2, KRT14, KRT16, KRT85, LMNA, KRT8, KRT17, KRT79, KRT71, KRT1, KRT19, LMNTD1, NEFL, KRT15, KRT18, KRT10
Tissuebrain, cerebral.cortex
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in cells lacking fibronectin. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:1847665}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 6A9P  (X-ray  2.51A 
DBSNP rs57474185  rs60095124  rs797044569  rs267607510  rs60343255  rs267607523  rs61060395  rs61060395  rs61060395  rs267607504  rs57120761  rs57120761  rs57590980  rs58732244  rs121909720  rs797044571  rs59793293  rs59793293  rs59285727  rs59285727  rs59285727  rs267607506  rs797044573  rs61622935  rs61622935  rs59661476  rs59568967  rs267607516  rs56746197  rs59291670  rs267607500  rs267607500  rs57661783  rs56679084  rs60269890  rs267607525  rs58064122  rs59565950  rs59565950  rs59565950  rs60551555  rs61497286  rs61726470  rs267607505  rs61726468  rs797044581  rs121909719  rs58536923  rs1126642  rs267607513  rs267607514  rs28932769  rs267607511  rs60825166  rs121909718  rs58645997  rs58008462  rs267607526  rs57815192  rs58075601  rs58075601  rs59628143  rs267607512  rs797044590  rs121909717  rs9916491  rs386797323 
Subcellular location [CC]Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12058025}. Note=Associated with intermediate filaments. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12058025}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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