AP2A1

This gene encodes the alpha 1 adaptin subunit of the adaptor protein 2 (AP-2) complex found in clathrin coated vesicles. The AP-2 complex is a heterotetramer consisting of two large adaptins (alpha or beta), a medium adaptin (mu), and a small adaptin (sigma). The complex is part of the protein coat on the cytoplasmic face of coated vesicles which links clathrin to receptors in vesicles. Alternative splicing of this gene results in two transcript variants encoding two different isoforms. A third transcript variant has been described, but its full length nature has not been determined. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Description

Adaptor related protein complex 2 subunit alpha 1

Tissue specificity

Low tissue specificity

Subcell location

Vesicles

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

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

Chromosome

19 (49767001 - 49807114)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000196961  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Ap2a1: ENSMUSG00000060279

UniProt

O95782

neXtProt

NX_O95782

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure