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Gene information for KDELR1 (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID10945
Official gene symbolKDELR1
Full nameKDEL (Lys-Asp-Glu-Leu) endoplasmic reticulum protein retention receptor 1
Aliases,ERD2,ERD2.1,HDEL,PM23,
Gene summaryRetention of resident soluble proteins in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is achieved in both yeast and animal cells by their continual retrieval from the cis-Golgi, or a pre-Golgi compartment. Sorting of these proteins is dependent on a C-terminal tetrapeptide signal, usually lys-asp-glu-leu (KDEL) in animal cells, and his-asp-glu-leu (HDEL) in S. cerevisiae. This process is mediated by a receptor that recognizes, and binds the tetrapeptide-containing protein, and returns it to the ER. In yeast, the sorting receptor encoded by a single gene, ERD2, which is a seven-transmembrane protein. Unlike yeast, several human homologs of the ERD2 gene, constituting the KDEL receptor gene family, have been described. The protein encoded by this gene was the first member of the family to be identified, and it encodes a protein structurally and functionally similar to the yeast ERD2 gene product. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 19   Locus: 19q13.3
Gene position48894810 - 48885827  Map Viewer
Gene orientationminus
Gene size8984 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID131235