Antigen Peptide Transporter

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Introduction 3 More General Terms 4 Internet Database 5 References

More Specific Terms

• antigen peptide transporter-2 (APT2), peptide transporter TAP2, peptide transporter PSF2, peptide supply factor 2 (PSF-2), RING11, Y1, PSF2, MTP-2 or HAM-2
• Transporter Associated with Antigen Processing, TAP1, antigen peptide transporter-1 (APT1), peptide transporter TAP1, peptide transporter PSF1, peptide supply factor 1 (PSF-1), RING4, Y3, MTP-1 or HAM-1

Introduction

• A pump which delivers peptides to class I MHC molecules within the endoplasmic reticulum of antigen presenting cells.

More General Terms

• adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase)
• carrier protein (transporter)
• plasma membrane protein

Internet Database

Prosite: [1]

References

Parham Nature 357:193 1992

antigen peptide transporter (Transporter Associated with Antigen Processing, TAP)