BLCAP, Official Symbol BLCAPprovided by HGNC Official Full Name BLCAP apoptosis inducing factorprovided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:1055 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000166619 MIM:613110; AllianceGenome:HGNC:1055 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 BC10 Summary This gene encodes a protein that reduces cell growth by stimulating apoptosis. Alternative splicing and the use of alternative promoters result in multiple transcript variants encoding the same protein. This gene is imprinted in brain where different transcript variants are expressed from each parental allele. Transcript variants initiating from the upstream promoter are expressed preferentially from the maternal allele, while transcript variants initiating downstream of the interspersed NNAT gene (GeneID:4826) are expressed from the paternal allele. Transcripts at this locus may also undergo A to I editing, resulting in amino acid changes at three positions in the N-terminus of the protein. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2015] Expression Ubiquitous expression in brain (RPKM 29.8), placenta (RPKM 23.5) and 24 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all