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TAP1

Transporter associated with Antigen Processing 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAP1 gene.[1][2]

Function

Function

The membrane-associated protein encoded by this gene is a member of the superfamily of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters. ABC proteins transport various molecules across extra- and intra-cellular membranes. ABC genes are divided into seven distinct subfamilies (ABC1, MDR/TAP, MRP, ALD, OABP, GCN20, White). This protein is a member of the MDR/TAP subfamily. Members of the MDR/TAP subfamily are involved in multidrug resistance. The protein encoded by this gene is involved in the pumping of degraded cytosolic peptides across the endoplasmic reticulum into the membrane-bound compartment where class I molecules assemble. Mutations in this gene may be associated with ankylosing spondylitis, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, and celiac disease.[3]

See also

See also

Interactions

Interactions

TAP1 has been shown to interact with:

References

References

  1. Bodmer JG, Marsh SG, Albert ED, Bodmer WF, Dupont B, Erlich HA, Mach B, Mayr WR, Parham P, Sasazuki T (Oct 1992). “Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, 1991. WHO Nomenclature Committee for factors of the HLA system”. Tissue Antigens. 39 (4): 161–73. doi:10.1111/j.1399-0039.1992.tb01932.x. PMID 1529427.
  2. Bahram S, Arnold D, Bresnahan M, Strominger JL, Spies T (Dec 1991). “Two putative subunits of a peptide pump encoded in the human major histocompatibility complex class II region”. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 88 (22): 10094–8. doi:10.1073/pnas.88.22.10094. PMC 52874. PMID 1946428.
  3. “Entrez Gene: TAP1 transporter 1, ATP-binding cassette, sub-family B (MDR/TAP)”.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Paulsson KM, Kleijmeer MJ, Griffith J, Jevon M, Chen S, Anderson PO, Sjogren HO, Li S, Wang P (May 2002). “Association of tapasin and COPI provides a mechanism for the retrograde transport of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules from the Golgi complex to the endoplasmic reticulum”. J. Biol. Chem. 277 (21): 18266–71. doi:10.1074/jbc.M201388200. PMID 11884415.
  5. Raghuraman G, Lapinski PE, Raghavan M (Nov 2002). “Tapasin interacts with the membrane-spanning domains of both TAP subunits and enhances the structural stability of TAP1 x TAP2 Complexes”. J. Biol. Chem. 277 (44): 41786–94. doi:10.1074/jbc.M207128200. PMID 12213826.
Further reading

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