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CLN8

Protein CLN8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CLN8 gene.[1][2]

Molecular biology

Molecular biology

This gene encodes a transmembrane protein that localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and recycles between the ER and the Golgi apparatus via COPII– and COPI-coated vesicles.[3] CLN8 protein functions as a cargo receptor for lysosomal soluble proteins in the ER.[3]

Clinical

Clinical

Mutations in this gene are associated with progressive epilepsy with mental retardation (EPMR), a subtype of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL). Patients with mutations in this gene have altered levels of sphingolipid and phospholipids in the brain.

References

References

  1. Ranta S, Zhang Y, Ross B, Lonka L, Takkunen E, Messer A, Sharp J, Wheeler R, Kusumi K, Mole S, Liu W, Soares MB, Bonaldo MF, Hirvasniemi A, de la Chapelle A, Gilliam TC, Lehesjoki AE (Oct 1999). “The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses in human EPMR and mnd mutant mice are associated with mutations in CLN8”. Nat Genet. 23 (2): 233–6. doi:10.1038/13868. PMID 10508524.
  2. “Entrez Gene: CLN8 ceroid-lipofuscinosis, neuronal 8 (epilepsy, progressive with mental retardation)”.
  3. 3.0 3.1 di Ronza A, Bajaj L, Sharma J, Sanagasetti D, Lotfi P, Adamski CJ, Collette J, Palmieri M, Amawi A, Popp L, Chang KT, Meschini MC, Leung HE, Segatori L, Simonati A, Sifers RN, Santorelli FM, Sardiello M (2018). “CLN8 is an endoplasmic reticulum cargo receptor that regulates lysosome biogenesis”. Nature Cell Biology. doi:10.1038/s41556-018-0228-7. PMID 30397314.
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