About Products Protein Database Contact

arl8

Gene
Arl8
Protein
ADP-ribosylation factor-like protein 8
Organism
Drosophila melanogaster
Length
186 amino acids
Function
Required for normal functioning of the late endocytic pathway including lysosome motility and late endosome-lysosome fusion (PubMed:16537643, PubMed:29940804, PubMed:30115618). Not required for the delivery of lysosomal membrane protein-containing vesicles to late endosomes (PubMed:29940804). In larval motorneurons, mediates the anterograde axonal long-range transport of presynaptic lysosome-related vesicles required for presynaptic biogenesis and synaptic function (PubMed:30174114, PubMed:30115618). Essential role in chromosome segregation (PubMed:15331635).
Similarity
Belongs to the small GTPase superfamily. Arf family.
Mass
21.254 kDa
Sequence
MLALINRILEWFKSIFWKEEMELTLVGLQFSGKTTFVNVIASGQFAEDMIPTVGFNMRKITRGNVTIKVWDIGGQPRFRSMWERYCRGVNAIVYMVDAADLDKLEASRNELHSLLDKPQLAGIPVLVLGNKRDLPGALDETGLIERMNLSSIQDREICCYSISCKEKDNIDITLQWLIQHSKSQSR

Gene
arl8
Protein
ADP-ribosylation factor-like protein 8
Organism
Dictyostelium discoideum
Length
185 amino acids
Similarity
Belongs to the small GTPase superfamily. Arf family.
Mass
20.771 kDa
Sequence
MNFFESIINFFKSLFWKQEMELTLVGLQGSGKTTLVNVISNGGFIEDTIPTIGFNMKKVTKGNVTIKLWDIGGQPRFRSMWERYCRGVNAIVFVVDSADREKFEQSKQALQDLINKPPLAKIPLLVVANKNDLPNSAGVDEMIQNLDLRGIVGREVCCYSISAKNSVNIDITLDWLIKHSSSVKN