CSAD, Official Symbol CSADprovided by HGNC Official Full Name cysteine sulfinic acid decarboxylaseprovided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:18966 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000139631 MIM:616569; AllianceGenome:HGNC:18966 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status REVIEWED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as CSD; PCAP Summary This gene encodes a member of the group 2 decarboxylase family. A similar protein in rodents plays a role in multiple biological processes as the rate-limiting enzyme in taurine biosynthesis, catalyzing the decarboxylation of cysteinesulfinate to hypotaurine. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2011] Expression Ubiquitous expression in fat (RPKM 9.9), skin (RPKM 8.5) and 25 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all