Description
Product Characteristics: FUNCTION: Vesicle trafficking protein that functions in the early secretory pathway, possibly by mediating retrograde transport from cis-Golgi membranes to the ER. SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Membrane, Single-pass type IV membrane protein. Note: Preferentially associated with the early endosome. To lesser extends, also present in late endosome, the plasma membrane and coated pits. TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Widely expressed in all tissues examined.,Syntaxin Family,Syntaxin-8, Syntaxin 8, STX8
Target Information: The gene is a member of the syntaxin family. The encoded protein is involved in protein trafficking from early to late endosomes via vesicle fusion and exocytosis. A related pseudogene has been identified on chromosome 12. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, May 2010]