Description
Product Characteristics:
Subunit of clathrin-associated adaptor protein complex 1 that plays a role in protein sorting in the late-Golgi/trans-Golgi network (TGN) and/or endosomes. The AP complexes mediate both the recruitment of clathrin to membranes and the recognition of sorting signals within the cytosolic tails of transmembrane cargo molecules.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm, Cell membrane
Synonyms: AP-1 complex subunit gamma-1, Adaptor protein complex AP-1 subunit gamma-1, Adaptor-related protein complex 1 subunit gamma-1, Clathrin assembly protein complex 1 gamma-1 large chain, Gamma-adaptin, Gamma1-adaptin, Golgi adaptor HA1/AP1 adaptin subunit gamma-1, Ap1g1, Adtg, Clapg1
Target Information: Adaptins are important components of clathrin-coated vesicles transporting ligand-receptor complexes from the plasma membrane or from the trans-Golgi network to lysosomes. The adaptin family of proteins is composed of four classes of molecules named alpha, beta-, beta prime- and gamma- adaptins. Adaptins, together with medium and small subunits, form a heterotetrameric complex called an adaptor, whose role is to promote the formation of clathrin-coated pits and vesicles. The protein encoded by this gene is a gamma-adaptin protein and it belongs to the adaptor complexes large subunits family. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]