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Facts about ATP-binding cassette sub-family G member 8.
Required for normal sterol homeostasis (PubMed:11099417, PubMed:11452359, PubMed:15054092). The heterodimer with ABCG5 has ATPase activity (PubMed:16893193, PubMed:20210363, PubMed:27144356).
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Gene Name: | ABCG8 |
Uniprot: | Q9H221 |
Entrez: | 64241 |
Belongs to: |
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ABC transporter superfamily |
ATP-binding cassette sub-family G member 8; ATP-binding cassette, sub-family G (WHITE), member 8 (sterolin 2); ATP-binding cassette, sub-family G (WHITE), member 8; GBD4ATP-binding cassette, subfamily G, member 8; MGC142217; sterolin 2; sterolin-2; STSL
Mass (kDA):
75.679 kDA
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Location: | 2p21 |
Sequence: | 2; NC_000002.12 (43831942..43882988) |
Predominantly expressed in the liver (PubMed:11099417, PubMed:11452359). Low expression levels in the small intestine and colon (PubMed:11099417). Very low levels in other tissues, including brain, heart and spleen (PubMed:11452359).
Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Apical cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.
PMID: 11099417 by Berge K.E., et al. Accumulation of dietary cholesterol in sitosterolemia caused by mutations in adjacent ABC transporters.
PMID: 11452359 by Lu K., et al. Two genes that map to the STSL locus cause sitosterolemia: genomic structure and spectrum of mutations involving sterolin-1 and sterolin- 2, encoded by ABCG5 and ABCG8, respectively.
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