Full name: VPS52 subunit of GARP complex

Gene type: protein coding

RefSeq status: REVIEWED

Also known as: ARE1; SAC2; SACM2L; dJ1033B10.5

Summary: This gene encodes a protein that is similar to the yeast suppressor of actin mutations 2 gene. The yeast protein forms a subunit of the tetrameric Golgi-associated retrograde protein complex that is involved in vesicle trafficking from from both early and late endosomes, back to the trans-Golgi network. This gene is located on chromosome 6 in a head-to-head orientation with the gene encoding ribosomal protein S18. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2014]

Expression: Ubiquitous expression in thyroid (RPKM 15.7), testis (RPKM 14.8) and 25 other tissues

Gene size: 21694bp

Exon count: 22