Protein Name SREBF chaperone
Organism Mus musculus
Gene ID 235623
Gene Symbol

Scap

UniProt Q6GQT6 (SCAP_MOUSE)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 46
Total Number of Articles : 48
Description

SREBF chaperone

Gene Summary

Predicted to enable sterol binding activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including cholesterol metabolic process; regulation of lipid biosynthetic process; and response to insulin. Located in endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Is expressed in 1st branchial arch maxillary component; brain; heart; liver; and sensory organ. Orthologous to human SCAP (SREBF chaperone). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

synonyms
  • sterol regulatory element-binding protein cleavage-activating protein
  • SREBP cleavage activating protein
  • Sreb cleavage-activating protein
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Properties