CLR19.4, FLJ94610, HYDM, NACHT, leucine rich repeat and PYD containing 7, NACHT, LRR and PYD containing protein 7, NACHT, LRR and PYD domains containing protein 7, NACHT, LRR and PYD domains-containing protein 7, NALP7, NALP7_HUMAN, NLR family, pyrin domain containing 7, NLRP7, NOD12, Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain protein 12, Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain, leucine rich repeat and pyrin domain containing 7, PAN7, PYPAF3, PYRIN-containing APAF1-like protein 3.
This gene encodes a member of the NACHT, leucine rich repeat, and PYD containing (NLRP) protein family. It has an N-terminal pyrin domain, followed by a NACHT domain, a NACHT-associated domain (NAD), and a C-terminal leucine-rich repeat (LRR) region. NLRP proteins are implicated in the activation of proinflammatory caspases through multiprotein complexes called inflammasomes. This gene may act as a feedback regulator of caspase-1-dependent interleukin 1-beta secretion. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].
