This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website.
- Table of Contents
Facts about Opalin.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | OPALIN |
| Uniprot: | Q96PE5 |
| Entrez: | 93377 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| No superfamily |

HTMP10transmembrane protein TMP10; oligodendrocytic myelin paranodal and inner loop proteinTMEM10; TMP10; Transmembrane protein 10opalin
Mass (kDA):
15.683 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 10q24.1 |
| Sequence: | 10; NC_000010.11 (96343216..96359365, complement) |
Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. In the CNS, enriched in the myelin paranodal and inner loop membranes, but not that of the PNS. Enriched in the leading edge of extending processes.




PMID: 11814680 by Nobile C., et al. Identification and characterization of a novel human brain-specific gene, homologous to S. scrofa tmp83.5, in the chromosome 10q24 critical region for temporal lobe epilepsy and spastic paraplegia.