Coatomer subunit gamma is a
protein
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that in humans is encoded by the ''COPG''
gene
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.
It is one of seven proteins in the
COPI
COPI is a coatomer, a protein complex that coats vesicles transporting proteins from the ''cis'' end of the Golgi complex back to the rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER), where they were originally synthesized, and between Golgi compartments. This ...
coatomer complex that coats vesicles as they bud from the
Golgi Golgi may refer to:
*Camillo Golgi (1843–1926), Italian physician and scientist after whom the following terms are named:
**Golgi apparatus (also called the Golgi body, Golgi complex, or dictyosome), an organelle in a eukaryotic cell
**Golgi tend ...
complex.
Interactions
COPG has been shown to
interact
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with
Dopamine receptor D1
Dopamine receptor D1, also known as DRD1. It is one of the two types of D1-like receptor family - receptors D1 and D5. It is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DRD1 gene.
Tissue distribution
D1 receptors are the most abundant kind of do ...
,
COPB1
Coatomer subunit beta is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''COPB1'' gene.
See also
* COPI
COPI is a coatomer, a protein complex that coats vesicles transporting proteins from the ''cis'' end of the Golgi complex back to the rough e ...
.
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