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Facts about Peroxisome assembly protein 26.
Involved in the import of catalase and proteins comprising a PTS2 target sequence, but not in import of proteins with a PTS1 target sequence. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | PEX26 |
| Uniprot: | Q7Z412 |
| Entrez: | 55670 |

| Belongs to: |
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| peroxin-26 family |

FLJ20695; peroxin-26; peroxisomal biogenesis factor 26; peroxisome assembly protein 26; peroxisome biogenesis disorder, complementation group 8; peroxisome biogenesis disorder, complementation group A; peroxisome biogenesis factor 26; PEX26M1T; Pex26pM1T
Mass (kDA):
33.898 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 22q11.21 |
| Sequence: | 22; NC_000022.11 (18077990..18105396) |
Widely expressed. Highly expressed in kidney, liver, brain and skeletal muscles. Expressed at intermediate level in pancreas, placenta and heart. Weakly expressed in lung.
Peroxisome membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein.





PMID: 12717447 by Matsumoto N., et al. The pathogenic peroxin Pex26p recruits the Pex1p-Pex6p AAA ATPase complexes to peroxisomes.
PMID: 12851857 by Matsumoto N., et al. Mutations in novel peroxin gene PEX26 that cause peroxisome- biogenesis disorders of complementation group 8 provide a genotype- phenotype correlation.