Entrez Summary: This gene encodes a subunit of the heterotetrameric AP-4 complex. The encoded protein belongs to the adaptor complexes medium subunits family. This AP-4 complex is involved in the recognition and sorting of cargo proteins with tyrosine-based motifs from the trans-golgi network to the endosomal-lysosomal system. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].
UniProt Summary: Component of the adaptor protein complex 4 (AP-4). Adaptor protein complexes are vesicle coat components involved both in vesicle formation and cargo selection. They control the vesicular transport of proteins in different trafficking pathways (PubMed:10436028, PubMed:11139587, PubMed:10066790, PubMed:11802162, PubMed:20230749). AP-4 forms a non clathrin- associated coat on vesicles departing the trans-Golgi network (TGN) and may be involved in the targeting of proteins from the trans-Golgi network (TGN) to the endosomal-lysosomal system (PubMed:11139587, PubMed:20230749). It is also involved in protein sorting to the basolateral membrane in epithelial cells and the proper asymmetric localization of somatodendritic proteins in neurons (By similarity). Within AP-4, the mu-type subunit AP4M1 is directly involved in the recognition and binding of tyrosine-based sorting signals found in the cytoplasmic part of cargos (PubMed:10436028, PubMed:11139587, PubMed:26544806, PubMed:20230749). The adaptor protein complex 4 (AP-4) may also recognize other types of sorting signal (By similarity). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:E2RED8, ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q2PWT8, ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9JKC7, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10066790, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10436028, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11139587, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11802162, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20230749, ECO:0000269|PubMed:26544806}.
Pfam DomainsGO Terms
Pfam Domains
Adap comp sub
GO Terms
AP-4 adaptor complex
protein localization to basolateral plasma membrane
clathrin adaptor complex
Golgi to lysosome transport
Golgi to vacuole transport
endosome lumen
Golgi to endosome transport
protein targeting to lysosome
protein targeting to vacuole
protein localization to lysosome
establishment of protein localization to vacuole
protein localization to vacuole
trans-Golgi network membrane
post-Golgi vesicle-mediated transport
lysosomal transport
vacuolar transport
cytosolic transport
trans-Golgi network
protein localization to cell periphery
protein domain specific binding
early endosome
protein targeting
Golgi vesicle transport
establishment of protein localization to organelle
protein localization to membrane
protein localization to organelle
intracellular protein transport
protein transport
intracellular transport
peptide transport
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)