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BANG

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30Incoming

0Experiments

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Summary

Page for BANG — BAG3 (Bcl-2-Associated Athanogene 3)

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🧬 Gene Info

Gene Symbol	BAG3
Full Name	BCL-2-Associated Athanogene 3
Chromosome	10q25.2
Function	is an important component in the neurobiology of neurodegenerative diseases.
Molecular Weight	57.5 kDa
Amino Acids	575 aa
Exons	4
Pathways	Autophagy, Complement, Nf-Κb
GeneCards	BAG3
Human Protein Atlas	BAG3
Protein Quality Control	BAG3 helps maintain proteostasis by targeting misfolded proteins for degradation.
Cytoskeletal Organization	BAG3 interacts with the cytoskeleton, particularly Z-discs in muscle cells, where it helps maintain sarcomere integrity.
Anti-Apoptotic Signaling	Through interactions with Hsp70 and other proteins, BAG3 inhibits apoptosis.
Associated Diseases	Als, Alzheimer's disease, ALZHEIMERS_DISEASE, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Astrocyte Phagocytosis
Known Drugs/Compounds	rapamycin
Interactions	ALPHA_SYNUCLEIN, ALZHEIMER, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, AMYLOID, Amyloid-Beta, AMYLOID-BETA
KG Connections	415 knowledge graph edges
Databases	GeneCards UniProt NCBI Gene HPA STRING

Wiki Pages (1)

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Canonical Page

BANG — BAG3 (Bcl-2-Associated Athanogene 3)

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Pathway Diagram

graph TD
    BANG["BANG"]
    BANG -->|"regulates"| Cancer["Cancer"]
    BANG -->|"regulates"| Ms["Ms"]
    BANG -->|"regulates"| Cardiac["Cardiac"]
    BANG -->|"activates"| Als["Als"]
    BANG -->|"activates"| Inflammation["Inflammation"]
    BANG -->|"activates"| Parkinson["Parkinson"]
    BANG -->|"activates"| Stroke["Stroke"]
    BANG -->|"activates"| ALS["ALS"]
    DNA["DNA"] -->|"regulates"| BANG
    BMAL1["BMAL1"] -->|"regulates"| BANG
    PHAGOCYTOSIS["PHAGOCYTOSIS"] -->|"activates"| BANG
    STROKE["STROKE"] -->|"activates"| BANG
    EGR1["EGR1"] -->|"regulates"| BANG
    APOPTOSIS["APOPTOSIS"] -->|"regulates"| BANG
    ATF3["ATF3"] -->|"regulates"| BANG
    ALZHEIMER_S_DISEASE["ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE"] -->|"regulates"| BANG
    AND["AND"] -->|"regulates"| BANG
    MICROGLIA["MICROGLIA"] -->|"activates"| BANG

Outgoing (68)

Target	Relation	Type	Str
Cancer	regulates	disease	0.65
Ms	regulates	disease	0.65
Cardiac	regulates	disease	0.65
Als	activates	disease	0.65
Ms	activates	disease	0.65
Inflammation	activates	disease	0.65
Cancer	activates	disease	0.65
Parkinson	activates	disease	0.65
Stroke	activates	disease	0.65
ALS	regulates	disease	0.65
Alzheimer	regulates	disease	0.65
Pain	regulates	disease	0.65
ALS	activates	disease	0.65
Als	regulates	disease	0.65
CYTOKINES	activates	gene	0.60
MICROGLIA	activates	gene	0.60
INFLAMMATION	activates	gene	0.60
BMAL1	regulates	gene	0.60
Nfkb	regulates	protein	0.60
Cholesterol	regulates	pathway	0.60
Neuron	regulates	cell_type	0.60
HIF2A	regulates	gene	0.60
App	regulates	protein	0.60
GATA2	regulates	gene	0.60
PARKINSON	activates	gene	0.60
CANCER	activates	gene	0.60
Myelination	activates	pathway	0.60
ESR1	regulates	gene	0.60
OLIGODENDROCYTE	activates	gene	0.60
GPR37	activates	gene	0.60
PPARG	regulates	gene	0.60
NR3C1	regulates	gene	0.60
CEBPA	regulates	gene	0.60
NFKB1	regulates	gene	0.60
STAT3	regulates	gene	0.60
TNF	regulates	gene	0.60
PHAGOCYTOSIS	activates	gene	0.60
DNA	regulates	gene	0.60
GENES	regulates	gene	0.60
ALZHEIMER	regulates	gene	0.60
Circadian Rhythm	regulates	pathway	0.60
MICRORNAS	regulates	gene	0.60
Neutrophil	activates	cell_type	0.60
Cytokine	activates	protein	0.60
Phagocytosis	activates	pathway	0.60
Calcium Signaling	activates	pathway	0.60
Apoptosis	regulates	pathway	0.60
STROKE	activates	gene	0.60
Rb	regulates	protein	0.60
CANCER	regulates	gene	0.60

Incoming (30)

Source	Relation	Type	Str
DNA	regulates	gene	0.60
PHAGOCYTOSIS	activates	gene	0.60
ALZHEIMER	regulates	gene	0.60
GENES	regulates	gene	0.60
PARKINSON	activates	gene	0.60
NR3C1	regulates	gene	0.60
CEBPA	regulates	gene	0.60
AND	regulates	gene	0.60
APOPTOSIS	regulates	gene	0.60
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE	regulates	gene	0.60
INS	regulates	gene	0.60
MICRORNAS	regulates	gene	0.60
AND	activates	gene	0.60
BMAL1	regulates	gene	0.60
STROKE	activates	gene	0.60
EGR1	regulates	gene	0.60
ATF3	regulates	gene	0.60
MICROGLIA	activates	gene	0.60
CYTOKINES	activates	gene	0.60
OLIGODENDROCYTE	activates	gene	0.60
AREG	regulates	gene	0.60
CANCER	regulates	gene	0.60
HIF2A	regulates	gene	0.60
CANCER	activates	gene	0.60
GATA2	regulates	gene	0.60
TNF	regulates	gene	0.60
STAT3	regulates	gene	0.60
PPARG	regulates	gene	0.60
ESR1	regulates	gene	0.60
NFKB1	regulates	gene	0.60

Targeting Hypotheses (0)

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