SPG11 explained

Spatacsin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SPG11 gene.[1] [2] [3]

Function

Spatacsin, in combination with the SPG15 protein, attaches the AP5 adaptor complex to the outside of late Endosomes or Lysosomes when the protein via which it binds is in a particular state.[4]

Pathology

Mutations of the SPG11 gene cause a rare form of spastic paraplegia, spastic paraplegia type 11.

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Notes and References

  1. Martínez Murillo F, Kobayashi H, Pegoraro E, Galluzzi G, Creel G, Mariani C, Farina E, Ricci E, Alfonso G, Pauli RM, Hoffman EP . Genetic localization of a new locus for recessive familial spastic paraparesis to 15q13-15 . Neurology . 53 . 1 . 50–6 . July 1999 . 10408536 . 10.1212/wnl.53.1.50 . 26987441 .
  2. Stevanin G, Santorelli FM, Azzedine H, Coutinho P, Chomilier J, Denora PS, Martin E, Ouvrard-Hernandez AM, Tessa A, Bouslam N, Lossos A, Charles P, Loureiro JL, Elleuch N, Confavreux C, Cruz VT, Ruberg M, Leguern E, Grid D, Tazir M, Fontaine B, Filla A, Bertini E, Durr A, Brice A . Mutations in SPG11, encoding spatacsin, are a major cause of spastic paraplegia with thin corpus callosum . Nature Genetics . 39 . 3 . 366–72 . March 2007 . 17322883 . 10.1038/ng1980 . 970017 .
  3. Web site: Entrez Gene: KIAA1840 KIAA1840.
  4. Hirst . Jennifer . Hesketh . Geoffrey G. . Gingras . Anne-Claude . Robinson . Margaret S. . 2021-02-01 . Rag GTPases and phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate mediate recruitment of the AP-5/SPG11/SPG15 complex . The Journal of Cell Biology . 220 . 2 . e202002075 . 10.1083/jcb.202002075 . 1540-8140 . 7814351 . 33464297.