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STX7

Syntaxin-7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the STX7 gene.

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Source
STX7
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesSTX7, syntaxin 7
External IDsOMIM: 603217; MGI: 1858210; HomoloGene: 37823; GeneCards: STX7; OMA:STX7 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_003569
NM_001326578
NM_001326579
NM_001326580

NM_016797
NM_001358563

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001313507
NP_001313508
NP_001313509
NP_003560

NP_058077
NP_001345492

Location (UCSC)Chr 6: 132.45 – 132.51 MbChr 10: 24.03 – 24.07 Mb
PubMed search34
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Syntaxin-7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the STX7 gene.56

In melanocytic cells STX7 gene expression may be regulated by MITF.7

Interactions

STX7 has been shown to interact with STX8,8 VPS18,9 Vesicle-associated membrane protein 8810 and VPS11.9

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000079950Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000019998Ensembl, 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. Wang H, Frelin L, Pevsner J (October 1997). "Human syntaxin 7: a Pep12p/Vps6p homologue implicated in vesicle trafficking to lysosomes". Gene. 199 (1–2): 39–48. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00343-0. PMID 9358037.
  6. "Entrez Gene: STX7 syntaxin 7".
  7. Hoek KS, Schlegel NC, Eichhoff OM, Widmer DS, Praetorius C, Einarsson SO, Valgeirsdottir S, Bergsteinsdottir K, Schepsky A, Dummer R, Steingrimsson E (December 2008). "Novel MITF targets identified using a two-step DNA microarray strategy". Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research. 21 (6): 665–76. doi:10.1111/j.1755-148X.2008.00505.x. PMID 19067971. S2CID 24698373.
  8. Antonin W, Holroyd C, Fasshauer D, Pabst S, Von Mollard GF, Jahn R (December 2000). "A SNARE complex mediating fusion of late endosomes defines conserved properties of SNARE structure and function". The EMBO Journal. 19 (23): 6453–64. doi:10.1093/emboj/19.23.6453. PMC 305878. PMID 11101518.
  9. Kim BY, Krämer H, Yamamoto A, Kominami E, Kohsaka S, Akazawa C (August 2001). "Molecular characterization of mammalian homologues of class C Vps proteins that interact with syntaxin-7". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276 (31): 29393–402. doi:10.1074/jbc.M101778200. PMID 11382755.
  10. Wade N, Bryant NJ, Connolly LM, Simpson RJ, Luzio JP, Piper RC, James DE (June 2001). "Syntaxin 7 complexes with mouse Vps10p tail interactor 1b, syntaxin 6, vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP)8, and VAMP7 in b16 melanoma cells". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276 (23): 19820–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.M010838200. PMID 11278762.
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