rab13 proto-oncogene protein; Ras-related protein Rab-13; cell growth-inhibiting gene 4 protein (RAB13)

Function

• formation of epithelial tight junctions
• could participate in polarized transport, in the assembly &/or the activity of tight junctions

Structure

belongs to the small GTPase superfamily, Rab family

Compartment

• cell junction, tight junction
• cell membrane; lipid-anchor; cytoplasmic side
• cytoplasmic vesicle membrane; lipid-anchor; cytoplasmic side
• cytoplasmic tight junctions or associated with vesicles scattered throughout the cytoplasm in cells lacking tight junctions

Expression

• detected in several types of epithelia, including intestine, kidney, liver & in endothelial cells

More general terms

• rab subfamily protein
• phosphoprotein

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P51153.html
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=5872
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:5872
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/602672