The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Calpastatin across different species:

calpastatin (CAST), calpastatin (Cast), calpastatin (calp3), calpastatin (cast), calpastatin (VDBG_09182), Calpastatin (ical)

Other aliases include:

BS-17, MGC9402, MGC108997, CAST, calp3, sb:cb966, MGC194249, zgc:194249, cast, DKFZp469E0716

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Calpastatin:

calpastatin – calpain inhibitor – OTTHUMP00000158520 – sperm BS-17 component – heart-type calpastatin – calpastatin type III – Calpastatin (probably multiple splicing products) – calpastatin type I – calpastatin type II – Calpastatin – calpastatin-like

Calpastatin fulfills a number of functions:

calcium-dependent cysteine-type endopeptidase inhibitor activity – protein binding – cysteine-type endopeptidase inhibitor activity – peptidase inhibitor activity

Calpastatin is relevant to the following processes:

protein catabolic process – myoblast fusion – negative regulation of catalytic activity – regulation of protein catabolic process

Locations for Calpastatin:

cellular_component

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology