adaptin
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Function
- adaptins are components of the adapter complexes which link clathrin to receptors in coated vesicles
- clathrin-associated protein complexes interact with the cytoplasmic tails of membrane proteins, leading to their selection & concentration (putative)
More general terms
More specific terms
- alpha adaptin (adaptor-related protein complex 2, alpha subunit, clathrin adaptor complex AP2, alpha subunit)
- AP-4 complex subunit epsilon-1; adapter-related protein complex 4 subunit epsilon-1; AP-4 adapter complex subunit epsilon; epsilon subunit of AP-4; epsilon-adaptin (AP4E1)
- beta adaptin (adaptor-related protein complex, beta subunit)
- beta' adaptin (adaptor-related protein complex 1, beta-1 subunit, clathrin adaptor complex AP1, beta subunit)
- clathrin coat assembly protein AP180; clathrin coat-associated protein AP180; 91 kD synaptosomal-associated protein (SNAP91, KIAA0656)
- delta adaptin (adaptor-related protein complex, delta subunit)
- gamma adaptin (adaptor-related protein complex, gamma subunit)
- mu adaptin (adaptor-related protein complex, mu subunit)
- sigma adaptin (adaptor-related protein complex sigma subunit, small adaptin)
Additional terms
References
- ↑ Serafini T et al A coat subunit of Golgi-derived non-clathrin-coated vesicles with homology to the clathrin-coated vesicle coat protein beta-adaptin. Nature. 1991 Jan 17;349(6306):215-20. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1898984