APLP2

This gene encodes amyloid precursor- like protein 2 (APLP2), which is a member of the APP (amyloid precursor protein) family including APP, APLP1 and APLP2. This protein is ubiquitously expressed. It contains heparin-, copper- and zinc- binding domains at the N-terminus, BPTI/Kunitz inhibitor and E2 domains in the middle region, and transmembrane and intracellular domains at the C-terminus. This protein interacts with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules. The synergy of this protein and the APP is required to mediate neuromuscular transmission, spatial learning and synaptic plasticity. This protein has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2011]

Description

Amyloid beta precursor like protein 2

Tissue specificity

Low tissue specificity

Subcell location

Vesicles

Predicted location

Intracellular, Membrane

Protein family

Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Plasma proteins
Predicted intracellular proteins
Predicted membrane proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)

Chromosome

11 (130068147 - 130144811)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000084234  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Aplp2: ENSMUSG00000031996

UniProt

Q06481

neXtProt

NX_Q06481

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure