FUNCTION: REQUIRED FOR MANNOSE 6-PHOSPHATE RECEPTORS (MPR) TRANSPORT FROM ENDOSOMES TO THE TRANS-GOLGI NETWORK. * SUBUNIT: INTERACTS WITH CYTOPLASMIC DOMAINS OF BOTH CATION-INDEPENDENT 300 KDA AND CATION DEPENDENT 46 KDA MANNOSE 6-PHOSPHATE RECEPTORS. ISOFORM A ALSO EXISTS AS A HOMODIMER (KNOWN AS PP17C). * SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: CYTOPLASMIC AND ON ENDOSOMES. * ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS: 2 ISOFORMS; A AND B (SHOWN HERE); ARE PRODUCED BY ALTERNATIVE SPLICING. * SIMILARITY: BELONGS TO THE PERIPILIN FAMILY. |
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Last Update 13-Mar-03