| Protein Name | translocator protein |
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| Organism | Homo sapiens |
| Gene ID | 706 |
| Gene Symbol | TSPO |
| UniProt | P30536 (TSPO_HUMAN), O76068 (O76068_HUMAN) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
697
Total Number of Articles : 869 |
Description |
translocator protein |
| Gene Summary |
Present mainly in the mitochondrial compartment of peripheral tissues, the protein encoded by this gene interacts with some benzodiazepines and has different affinities than its endogenous counterpart. The protein is a key factor in the flow of cholesterol into mitochondria to permit the initiation of steroid hormone synthesis. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been reported; one of the variants lacks an internal exon and is considered non-coding, and the other variants encode the same protein. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2012] |
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