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Facts about Protein unc-13 homolog B.
Essential for synaptic vesicle maturation at a subset of excitatory/glutamatergic but not inhibitory/GABA-mediated synapses (By similarity). .
Human | |
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Gene Name: | UNC13B |
Uniprot: | O14795 |
Entrez: | 10497 |
Belongs to: |
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unc-13 family |
hmunc13; homolog of rat Munc13 (diacylglycerol-binding); MGC133279; MGC133280; MUNC13; munc13-2; MUNC13B; protein unc-13 homolog B; unc-13 homolog B (C. elegans); UNC13B; Unc13h2; unc-13-like (C. elegans); UNC13Unc13h2
Mass (kDA):
180.679 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 9p13.3 |
Sequence: | 9; NC_000009.12 (35162009..35405338) |
Expressed in kidney cortical epithelial cells and brain.
Cytoplasm. Membrane; Peripheral membrane protein. Cell membrane. Cell junction, synapse. Localized to synapses. Translocated to the plasma membrane in response to phorbol ester binding (By similarity).
PMID: 9607201 by Song Y., et al. Cloning of a novel gene in the human kidney homologous to rat munc13s: its potential role in diabetic nephropathy.
PMID: 10233166 by Song Y., et al. Human munc13 is a diacylglycerol receptor that induces apoptosis and may contribute to renal cell injury in hyperglycemia.