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Facts about Peroxisomal targeting signal 1 receptor.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | PEX5 |
Uniprot: | P50542 |
Entrez: | 5830 |
Belongs to: |
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peroxisomal targeting signal receptor family |
FLJ50634; FLJ50721; Peroxin-5; peroxisomal biogenesis factor 5; Peroxisomal C-terminal targeting signal import receptor; peroxisomal targeting signal 1 receptor; peroxisomal targeting signal import receptor; peroxisomal targeting signal receptor 1; Peroxisome receptor 1peroxin-5; PTS1 receptor; PTS1-BP; PTS1RFLJ51948; PXR1peroxisomal targeting signal 1 (SKL type) receptor
Mass (kDA):
70.865 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 12p13.31 |
Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (7188653..7218574) |
Detected in heart, brain, placenta, lung, liver, skeletal muscle, kidney and pancreas.
Cytoplasm. Peroxisome membrane; Peripheral membrane protein. Its distribution appears to be dynamic. It is probably a cycling receptor found mainly in the cytoplasm and as well associated to the peroxisomal membrane through a docking factor (PEX13).
PMID: 7719337 by Dodt G., et al. Mutations in the PTS1 receptor gene, PXR1, define complementation group 2 of the peroxisome biogenesis disorders.
PMID: 7790377 by Wiemer E.A.C., et al. Human peroxisomal targeting signal-1 receptor restores peroxisomal protein import in cells from patients with fatal peroxisomal disorders.