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PICALM

Phosphatidylinositol binding clathrin assembly protein, also known as PICALM, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the PICALM gene.

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PICALM
Identifiers
AliasesPICALM, CALM, CLTH, LAP, phosphatidylinositol binding clathrin assembly protein
External IDsOMIM: 603025; MGI: 2385902; HomoloGene: 111783; GeneCards: PICALM; OMA:PICALM - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001008660
NM_001206946
NM_001206947
NM_007166

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001008660
NP_001193875
NP_001193876
NP_009097
NP_001008660.1

Location (UCSC)Chr 11: 85.96 – 86.07 MbChr 7: 89.78 – 89.86 Mb
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Phosphatidylinositol binding clathrin assembly protein, also known as PICALM, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the PICALM gene.5

Interactions

PICALM has been shown to interact with CLTC.6

Clinical significance

In humans, certain alleles of this gene have been statistically associated with an increased risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease.7

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000073921Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000039361Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. "Entrez Gene: PICALM phosphatidylinositol binding clathrin assembly protein".
  6. Tebar, F; Bohlander S K; Sorkin A (Aug 1999). "Clathrin assembly lymphoid myeloid leukemia (CALM) protein: localization in endocytic-coated pits, interactions with clathrin, and the impact of overexpression on clathrin-mediated traffic" (PDF). Mol. Biol. Cell. 10 (8). UNITED STATES: 2687–702. doi:10.1091/mbc.10.8.2687. ISSN 1059-1524. PMC 25500. PMID 10436022.
  7. Harold D, Abraham R, Hollingworth P, et al. (September 2009). "Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease". Nat. Genet. 41 (10): 1088–93. doi:10.1038/ng.440. PMC 2845877. PMID 19734902.
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