TC10/CDC42 GTPase-activating protein is an
enzyme
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that in humans is encoded by the ''SNX26''
gene
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.
This gene encodes a member of the
sorting nexin
Sorting nexins are a large group of proteins that are localized in the cytoplasm and have the potential for membrane association either through their lipid-binding PX domain (a phospholipid-binding motif) or through protein–protein intera ...
family. Members of this family contain a
phox (PX) domain, which is a
phosphoinositide
Phosphatidylinositol (or Inositol Phospholipid) consists of a family of lipids as illustrated on the right, where red is x, blue is y, and black is z, in the context of independent variation, a class of the phosphatidylglycerides. In such molecul ...
binding domain, and are involved in intracellular trafficking. The specific function of this protein has not been elucidated.
Alternative splice variants have been described but their full length nature has not been determined.
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