| Tissue Specificity | Expressed at high levels in the kidney, liver, and placenta, with lower levels detectable in brain, heart, muscle, colon, spleen, intestine, lung, and leukocytes. |
| Function | Adapter protein (clathrin-associated sorting protein (CLASP)) required for efficient endocytosis of the LDL receptor (LDLR) in polarized cells such as hepatocytes and lymphocytes, but not in non-polarized cells (fibroblasts). May be required for LDL binding and internalization but not for receptor clustering in coated pits. May facilitate the endocytosis of LDLR and LDLR-LDL complexes from coated pits by stabilizing the interaction between the receptor and the structural components of the pits. May also be involved in the internalization of other LDLR family members. Binds to phosphoinositides, which regulate clathrin bud assembly at the cell surface. Required for trafficking of LRP2 to the endocytic recycling compartment which is necessary for LRP2 proteolysis, releasing a tail fragment which translocates to the nucleus and mediates transcriptional repression. |
| Protein Name | Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor Adapter Protein 1Autosomal Recessive Hypercholesterolemia Protein |
| Database Links | Reactome: R-HSA-196791Reactome: R-HSA-8856825Reactome: R-HSA-8856828Reactome: R-HSA-8964026Reactome: R-HSA-8964038Reactome: R-HSA-9758890 |
| Cellular Localisation | Cytoplasm |
| Alternative Protein Names | Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor Adapter Protein 1 proteinAutosomal Recessive Hypercholesterolemia Protein proteinLDLRAP1 proteinARH protein |
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