Description
Product Characteristics: Synonyms: ARE1, dJ1033B10.5, DKFZp547I194, RP5 1033B10, SAC2, SACM2L, VPS52
Acts as component of the GARP complex that is involved in retrograde transport from early and late endosomes to the trans-Golgi network(TGN). The GARP complex is required for the maintenance of the cycling of mannose 6-phosphate receptors between the TGN and endosomes, this cycling is necessary for proper lysosomal sorting of acid hydrolases such as CTSD(PubMed: 15878329, PubMed: 18367545). Acts as component of the EARP complex that is involved in endocytic recycling. The EARP complex associates with Rab4-positive endosomes and promotes recycling of internalized transferrin receptor(TFRC) to the plasma membrane(PubMed: 25799061).
Target Information: This gene encodes a protein that is similar to the yeast suppressor of actin mutations 2 gene. The yeast protein forms a subunit of the tetrameric Golgi-associated retrograde protein complex that is involved in vesicle trafficking from from both early and late endosomes, back to the trans-Golgi network. This gene is located on chromosome 6 in a head-to-head orientation with the gene encoding ribosomal protein S18. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]