catalytic activity:Broad endopeptidase specificity.,cofactor:Binds 3 calcium ions.,enzyme regulation:Activated by micromolar concentrations of calcium and inhibited by calpastatin.,function:Calcium-regulated non-lysosomal thiol-protease which catalyze limited proteolysis of substrates involved in cytoskeletal remodeling and signal transduction.,online information:Calpain,similarity:Belongs to the peptidase C2 family.,similarity:Contains 1 calpain catalytic domain.,similarity:Contains 4 EF-hand domains.,subcellular location:Translocates to the plasma membrane upon Ca(2+) binding.,subunit:Forms a heterodimer with a small (regulatory) subunit (CAPNS1).,tissue specificity:Ubiquitous.,
Cytoplasm . Cell membrane . Translocates to the plasma membrane upon Ca(2+) binding. In granular keratinocytes and in lower corneocytes, colocalizes with FLG and FLG2 (PubMed:21531719). .
Ubiquitous.