Biology:VPS13A

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Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 13A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the VPS13A gene.[1][2][3]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene may control steps in the cycling of proteins through the trans-Golgi network to endosomes, lysosomes and the plasma membrane. Mutations in this gene cause the autosomal recessive disorder, chorea acanthocytosis. Alternative splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants.[3]

Model organisms

Model organisms have been used in the study of VPS13A function. A conditional knockout mouse line called Vps13atm1b(EUCOMM)Wtsi was generated at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.[4] Male and female animals underwent a standardized phenotypic screen[5] to determine the effects of deletion.[6][7][8][9] Additional screens performed: - In-depth immunological phenotyping[10]

References

  1. "Chorea-acanthocytosis: genetic linkage to chromosome 9q21". American Journal of Human Genetics 61 (4): 899–908. Oct 1997. doi:10.1086/514876. PMID 9382101. 
  2. "A conserved sorting-associated protein is mutant in chorea-acanthocytosis". Nature Genetics 28 (2): 119–20. Jun 2001. doi:10.1038/88821. PMID 11381253. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: VPS13A vacuolar protein sorting 13 homolog A (S. cerevisiae)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=23230. 
  4. Gerdin AK (2010). "The Sanger Mouse Genetics Programme: high throughput characterisation of knockout mice". Acta Ophthalmologica 88: 925–7. doi:10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.4142.x. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 "International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium". http://www.mousephenotype.org/data/search?q=Vps13a#fq=*:*&facet=gene. 
  6. "A conditional knockout resource for the genome-wide study of mouse gene function". Nature 474 (7351): 337–42. Jun 2011. doi:10.1038/nature10163. PMID 21677750. 
  7. "Mouse library set to be knockout". Nature 474 (7351): 262–3. Jun 2011. doi:10.1038/474262a. PMID 21677718. 
  8. "A mouse for all reasons". Cell 128 (1): 9–13. Jan 2007. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.12.018. PMID 17218247. 
  9. "Genome-wide generation and systematic phenotyping of knockout mice reveals new roles for many genes". Cell 154 (2): 452–64. Jul 2013. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2013.06.022. PMID 23870131. 
  10. 10.0 10.1 "Infection and Immunity Immunophenotyping (3i) Consortium". http://www.immunophenotyping.org/data/search?keys=Vps13a&field_gene_construct_tid=All. 

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