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Facts about AP-2 complex subunit mu.
Adaptor protein complexes are vesicle coat components and appear to be involved in cargo selection and vesicle formation. AP-2 is included in clathrin-dependent endocytosis where cargo proteins are incorporated into vesicles surrounded by clathrin (clathrin- coated vesicles, CCVs) that are destined for fusion with the early endosome.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | AP2M1 |
| Uniprot: | Q96CW1 |
| Entrez: | 1173 |

| Belongs to: |
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| adaptor complexes medium subunit family |

Adaptin-mu2; adaptor-related protein complex 2, mu 1 subunit; AP-2 mu chain; Clathrin assembly protein complex 2 medium chain; clathrin coat adaptor protein AP50; Clathrin coat assembly protein AP50; Clathrin coat-associated protein AP50; clathrin-associated/assembly/adaptor protein, medium 1; HA2 50 kDa subunit; KIAA0109; mu subunit; Plasma membrane adaptor AP-2 50 kDa protein; plasma membrane adaptor AP-2 50kDA protein
Mass (kDA):
49.655 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 3q27.1 |
| Sequence: | 3; NC_000003.12 (184174846..184184091) |
Cell membrane. Membrane, coated pit; Peripheral membrane protein; Cytoplasmic side. AP-2 appears to be excluded from internalizing CCVs and to disengage from sites of endocytosis seconds before internalization of the nascent CCV.






PMID: 12032142 by Geyer M., et al. Subunit H of the V-ATPase binds to the medium chain of adaptor protein complex 2 and connects Nef to the endocytic machinery.
PMID: 14745134 by Nakatsu F., et al. Adaptor protein complexes as the key regulators of protein sorting in the post-Golgi network.