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Facts about Sortilin.
Also required for protein transport from the Golgi apparatus to the endosomes. Also acts as a receptor for neurotensin.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | SORT1 |
Uniprot: | Q99523 |
Entrez: | 6272 |
Belongs to: |
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VPS10-related sortilin family |
100 kDa NT receptor; Glycoprotein 95; Gp95; Gp95LDLCQ6; Neurotensin receptor 3; NT3NTR3; Ntr3; SORT1; sortilin 1; Sortilin
Mass (kDA):
92.068 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 1p13.3|1p21.3-p13.1 |
Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (109309565..109397940, complement) |
Expressed in brain and prostate (at protein level). Expressed at high levels in brain, spinal cord, heart, skeletal muscle, thyroid, placenta and testis. Expressed at lower levels in lymphoid organs, kidney, colon and liver.
Membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Endosome membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Golgi apparatus, Golgi stack membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Nucleus membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein; Extracellular side. Lysosome membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Localized to membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum, endosomes, Golgi stack, lysosomes and nucleus. A small fraction of the protein is also localized to the plasma membr
PMID: 9013611 by Petersen C.M., et al. Molecular identification of a novel candidate sorting receptor purified from human brain by receptor-associated protein affinity chromatography.
PMID: 9756851 by Mazella J., et al. The 100-kDa neurotensin receptor is gp95/sortilin, a non-G-protein- coupled receptor.