LGTN

Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2D
Identifiers
Symbols EIF2D ; HCA56; LGTN
External IDs OMIM: 613709 MGI: 109342 HomoloGene: 38244 GeneCards: EIF2D Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 1939 16865
Ensembl ENSG00000143486 ENSMUSG00000026427
UniProt P41214 Q61211
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001201478 NM_001136070
RefSeq (protein) NP_001188407 NP_001129542
Location (UCSC) Chr 1:
206.57 – 206.61 Mb
Chr 1:
131.15 – 131.19 Mb
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Ligatin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LGTN gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes a protein receptor that localizes phosphoglycoproteins within endosomes and at the cell periphery. This trafficking receptor for phosphoglycoproteins may play a role in neuroplasticity by modulating cell-cell interactions, intracellular adhesion, and protein binding at membrane surfaces. In hippocampal neurons, long-lasting down-regulation of ligatin mRNA levels occurs via post-transcriptional RNA processing following glutamate receptor activation. This protein contains single PUA and SUI1 domains and these domains may function in RNA binding and translation initiation, respectively.[2]

References

  1. Jakoi ER, Brown AL, Ho YS, Snyderman R (Mar 1990). "Molecular cloning of the cDNA for ligatin". J Cell Sci 93 (2): 227–32. PMID 2482295.
  2. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: LGTN ligatin".

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