Entrez Summary: Adaptor protein complex 3 (AP-3 complex) is a heterotrimeric protein complex involved in the formation of clathrin-coated synaptic vesicles. The protein encoded by this gene represents the beta subunit of the neuron-specific AP-3 complex and was first identified as the target antigen in human paraneoplastic neurologic disorders. The encoded subunit binds clathrin and is phosphorylated by a casein kinase-like protein, which mediates synaptic vesicle coat assembly. Defects in this gene are a cause of early-onset epileptic encephalopathy. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2017].
UniProt Summary: Subunit of non-clathrin- and clathrin-associated adaptor protein complex 3 (AP-3) that plays a role in protein sorting in the late-Golgi/trans-Golgi network (TGN) and/or endosomes. The AP complexes mediate both the recruitment of clathrin to membranes and the recognition of sorting signals within the cytosolic tails of transmembrane cargo molecules. AP-3 appears to be involved in the sorting of a subset of transmembrane proteins targeted to lysosomes and lysosome-related organelles. In concert with the BLOC-1 complex, AP-3 is required to target cargos into vesicles assembled at cell bodies for delivery into neurites and nerve terminals.
Pfam DomainsGO Terms
Pfam Domains
Adaptin N
GO Terms
intracellular vesicle
AP-3 adaptor complex
synaptic vesicle cytoskeletal transport
synaptic vesicle transport along microtubule
anterograde synaptic vesicle transport
synaptic vesicle transport
synaptic vesicle localization
anterograde axonal transport
vesicle transport along microtubule
vesicle cytoskeletal trafficking
clathrin-coated vesicle membrane
axonal transport
axon cytoplasm
axo-dendritic transport
organelle transport along microtubule
transport along microtubule
establishment of vesicle localization
cytoskeleton-dependent intracellular transport
microtubule-based transport
vesicle localization
microtubule-based movement
establishment of organelle localization
organelle localization
microtubule-based process
Golgi apparatus
intracellular protein transport
protein transport
intracellular transport
peptide transport
movement of cell or subcellular component
amide transport
cellular protein localization
cellular macromolecule localization
establishment of protein localization
establishment of localization in cell
nitrogen compound transport
vesicle-mediated transport
CRISPR Data
Compound HitMost Correlated Genes in ChemogenomicsTissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)
Compound Hit
No hits were found.
Most Correlated Genes in Chemogenomics
No correlation found to any other genes in chemogenomics.
Tissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)
Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: 0/739