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Mechanism: PICALM→Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis→Aβ Accumulation→AD Caus
mechanism
2,255 words
KG: ent-gene-232ff3f5
2026-04-01
kind:mechanism
section:mechanisms
evidence:strong
state:published
topic:causal-chains
topic:endocytosis
topic:amyloid
topic:alzheimers
topic:genetics
Contents
PICALM→Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis→Aβ Accumulation→AD Causal Chain
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Protein Info
Gene Symbol
PICALM (CALM, CLT)
Chromosome
10q24.2
Exons
21
UniProt ID
Q7Z417
NCBI Gene ID
81501
Ensembl ID
ENSG00000021762
OMIM
610004
Transcript Length
~3.8 kb (mRNA), 652 amino acids (protein)
Databases
GeneCards
HPA
STRING
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