Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about SMAC: its mechanistic relationships (Knowledge Graph edges), hypotheses targeting it, analyses mentioning it, and supporting scientific papers. The interactive graph below shows its immediate neighbors. All content is AI-synthesized from peer-reviewed literature.
SMAC is a gene implicated in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: regulates, activates, therapeutic target. Associated with Aging, Als, Ataxia. Connected to 51 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Gene Symbol | SMAC |
| Full Name | Second Mitochondria-Derived Activator of Caspases |
| Chromosome | 12p12.31 |
| Function | Mitochondrial release: Upon apoptotic stimuli, SMAC is released from mitochondrial intermembrane space |
| Molecular Weight | 26.9 kDa (precursor), 22.5 kDa (mature) |
| Amino Acids | 239 aa |
| Pathways | Apoptosis |
| UniProt ID | Q9NR28 |
| NCBI Gene ID | 56616 |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000184047 |
| OMIM | 605704 |
| GeneCards | SMAC |
| Human Protein Atlas | SMAC |
| Protein Length | 239 amino acids (precursor), 184 amino acids (mature) |
| Associated Diseases | Glioblastoma |
| Interactions | LC3, BID, ATR, ATM, FADD, TNF |
| KG Connections | 76 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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SMAC["<b>SMAC</b>"]
Als{"Als"}
SMAC -->|"activates"| Als
Ms{"Ms"}
SMAC -->|"interacts with"| Ms
Aging{"Aging"}
SMAC -->|"activates"| Aging
SMAC -->|"inhibits"| Ms
Tumor{"Tumor"}
SMAC -->|"activates"| Tumor
Glioblastoma{"Glioblastoma"}
SMAC -->|"associated with"| Glioblastoma
SMAC -->|"regulates"| Ms
Stroke{"Stroke"}
SMAC -->|"regulates"| Stroke
Neurodegeneration{"Neurodegeneration"}
SMAC -->|"regulates"| Neurodegeneration
SMAC -->|"activates"| Ms
Ataxia{"Ataxia"}
SMAC -->|"activates"| Ataxia
LC3["LC3"]
SMAC -->|"activates"| LC3
UBIQUITIN["UBIQUITIN"]
UBIQUITIN -->|"interacts with"| SMAC
DIABLO["DIABLO"]
DIABLO -->|"interacts with"| SMAC
APOPTOSIS["APOPTOSIS"]
APOPTOSIS -->|"activates"| SMAC
AUTOPHAGY["AUTOPHAGY"]
AUTOPHAGY -->|"activates"| SMAC
HTRA2["HTRA2"]
HTRA2 -->|"interacts with"| SMAC
MICROGLIA_ACTIVATION["MICROGLIA ACTIVATION"]
MICROGLIA_ACTIVATION -->|"activates"| SMAC
MICROGLIA["MICROGLIA"]
MICROGLIA -->|"associated with"| SMAC
CD8["CD8"]
CD8 -->|"activates"| SMAC
NEURODEGENERATION["NEURODEGENERATION"]
NEURODEGENERATION -->|"regulates"| SMAC
E2F1["E2F1"]
E2F1 -->|"regulates"| SMAC
P53["P53"]
P53 -->|"regulates"| SMAC
MYC["MYC"]
MYC -->|"regulates"| SMAC
style SMAC fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apoptosis | activates | pathway | 0.70 |
| Als | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | interacts_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Aging | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Tumor | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Glioblastoma | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Stroke | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Neurodegeneration | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Ataxia | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Leukemia | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| ALS | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| LC3 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| AIF | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| BID | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ATR | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ATM | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MYC | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| FADD | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| TNF | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| DIABLO | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| CYLD | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| Autophagy | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Apoptosis | regulates | pathway | 0.60 |
| DNA | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| APOPTOSIS | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| TNF-ALPHA | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| Apoptosis | inhibits | pathway | 0.60 |
| AND | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| Actin | activates | protein | 0.60 |
| Caspase | activates | protein | 0.60 |
| Ubiquitin | activates | protein | 0.60 |
| SMAC/DIABLO | inhibits | protein | 0.50 |
| apoptosis | inhibits | process | 0.50 |
| CASPASE-8 | activates | protein | 0.50 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| APOPTOSIS | activates | gene | 0.70 |
| UBIQUITIN | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| DIABLO | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| HTRA2 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| CD8 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| E2F1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MYC | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| DIABLO | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| EGF | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| ERK1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MDM2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| RAF1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| P38 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| DYRK1A | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MDM2 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| AIF | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| JNK | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| ATM | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ATR | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CYLD | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| RIPK1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| TNF | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| AUTOPHAGY | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MICROGLIA ACTIVATION | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MICROGLIA | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| NEURODEGENERATION | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| P53 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| APOPTOSIS | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| CANCER | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| MITOCHONDRIA | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| P21 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| STROKE | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| TNF-ALPHA | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| APOPTOSIS | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| DIABLO | inhibits | gene | 0.50 |
| FADD | activates | gene | 0.50 |
Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target
| Hypothesis | Score | Disease | Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
| No targeting hypotheses | |||
Scientific analyses that reference this entity
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Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity
| Title & PMID | Authors | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No papers found | ||||