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Facts about Antigen peptide transporter 2.
Nascent MHC class I molecules associate with TAP via tapasin. Inhibited by the covalent attachment of herpes simplex virus ICP47 protein, which blocks the peptide-binding site of TAP.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | TAP2 |
Uniprot: | Q03519 |
Entrez: | 6891 |
Belongs to: |
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ABC transporter superfamily |
ABC18; ABCB3; ABCB3ABC18; antigen peptide transporter 2; APT2; ATP-binding cassette, sub-family B (MDR/TAP), member 3; D6S217E; MHC 2; Peptide transporter involved in antigen processing 2; Peptide transporter PSF2; Peptide transporter TAP2; PSF2; PSF2PSF-2; Really interesting new gene 11 protein; RING11; RING11ATP-binding cassette sub-family B member 3; TAP2; transporter 2, ABC (ATP binding cassette); transporter 2, ATP-binding cassette, sub-family B (MDR/TAP); Y1
Mass (kDA):
75.664 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 6p21.32 |
Sequence: | 6; NC_000006.12 (32821833..32838770, complement) |
Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. The transmembrane segments seem to form a pore in the membrane.
PMID: 1453454 by Beck S., et al. DNA sequence analysis of 66 kb of the human MHC class II region encoding a cluster of genes for antigen processing.
PMID: 1741401 by Powis S.H., et al. Polymorphism in a second ABC transporter gene located within the class II region of the human major histocompatibility complex.