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Facts about Alpha-endosulfine.
Also acts as a stimulator of insulin secretion by interacting with sulfonylurea receptor (ABCC8), thereby preventing sulfonylurea from binding to its receptor and reducing K(ATP) channel currents. .
Human | |
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Gene Name: | ENSA |
Uniprot: | O43768 |
Entrez: | 2029 |
Belongs to: |
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endosulfine family |
alpha-endosulfine; ARPP-19eMGC4319; endosulfine alpha; MGC78563; MGC8394
Mass (kDA):
13.389 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 1q21.3 |
Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (150621246..150629622, complement) |
Widely expressed with high levels in skeletal muscle and brain and lower levels in the pancreas.
Cytoplasm.
PMID: 9653196 by Heron L., et al. Human alpha-endosulfine, a possible regulator of sulfonylurea- sensitive K(ATP) channel: molecular cloning, expression and biological properties.
PMID: 10480622 by Heron L., et al. Isolation, characterization, and chromosomal localization of the human ENSA gene that encodes alpha-endosulfine, a regulator of beta- cell K(ATP) channels.