syntaxin-18; cell growth-inhibiting gene 9 protein (STX18)

Function

• syntaxin that may be involved in targeting & fusion of Golgi-derived retrograde transport vesicles with the ER
• component of a SNARE complex
• interacts directly with USE1L & BNIP1/SEC20L

Structure

• belongs to the syntaxin family
• contains 1 t-SNARE coiled-coil homology domain

Compartment

• endoplasmic reticulum membrane
• Golgi apparatus membrane

Expression

ubiquitous

More general terms

• syntaxin

Component of

• Golgi SNARE complex (Golgi SNAP receptor complex)

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:5340
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/606046
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9P2W9.html
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=53047