VPS24 explained

Charged multivesicular body protein 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the VPS24 gene.[1] [2] [3]

Function

This gene encodes a protein that acts in the sorting of transmembrane proteins into lysosomes/vacuoles via the multivesicular body (MVB) pathway. This protein, along with other soluble coiled-coil containing proteins, forms part of the ESCRT-III protein complex that binds to the endosomal membrane and recruits additional cofactors for protein sorting into the MVB. This protein may also co-immunoprecipitate with a member of the IFG-binding protein superfamily. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms.

Interactions

VPS24 has been shown to interact with IGFBP7.

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Wilson EM, Oh Y, Hwa V, Rosenfeld RG . Interaction of IGF-binding protein-related protein 1 with a novel protein, neuroendocrine differentiation factor, results in neuroendocrine differentiation of prostate cancer cells . J Clin Endocrinol Metab . 86 . 9 . 4504–11 . Sep 2001 . 11549700 . 10.1210/jcem.86.9.7845 . free .
  2. Whitley P, Reaves BJ, Hashimoto M, Riley AM, Potter BV, Holman GD . Identification of mammalian Vps24p as an effector of phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate-dependent endosome compartmentalization . J Biol Chem . 278 . 40 . 38786–95 . Sep 2003 . 12878588 . 10.1074/jbc.M306864200 . free .
  3. Web site: Entrez Gene: VPS24 vacuolar protein sorting 24 homolog (S. cerevisiae).