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Category: ProteinDomain
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Protein Domain
Type: Family
Description: Members of ABC (ATP-binding cassette) transporter subfamily A are full-length transporters [], which consist of a single long polypeptide chain organised into two tandemly arranged halves. Each half contains a membrane-spanning domain (MSD) followed by a cytoplasmic nucleotide binding domain (NBD) []. Human ABCA9 mRNA is induced during the differentiation of monocytes into macrophages and suppressed by cholesterol import, indicating that it is a cholesterol-responsive gene. ABCA9 is therefore likely to be involved in monocyte differentiation and macrophage lipid homeostasis [].
Protein Domain
Type: Family
Description: ATP-binding cassette transporters (ABC) are multipass transmembrane proteins that use the energy of ATP hydrolysis to transport substrates across membrane bilayers. Members of ABC transporter subfamily A are full-length transporters [], which consist of a single long polypeptide chain organised into two tandemly arranged halves. Each half contains a membrane-spanning domain (MSD) followed by a cytoplasmic nucleotide binding domain (NBD) []. Several members of this group have been shown to mediate the transport of a variety of physiologic lipid compounds, such as sterols, phospholipids and bile acids [, ].ABCA7 plays a role in clearance of apoptotic cells by affecting their phagocytosis []. In the human visual cycle, ABCA4 acts as an inward-directed retinoid flipase, retinoid substrates imported by ABCA4 from the extracellular or intradiscal (rod) membrane surfaces to the cytoplasmic membrane surface are all-trans-retinaldehyde (ATR) and N-retinyl-phosphatidyl-ethanolamine (NR-PE). Once transported to the cytoplasmic surface, ATR is reduced to vitamin A by trans-retinol dehydrogenase (tRDH) and then transferred to the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) where it is converted to 11-cis-retinal. ABCA4 may also play a role in photoresponse, removing ATR/NR-PE from the extracellular photoreceptor surfaces during bleach recovery []. It has been suggested that ABCA9 plays a role in monocyte differentiation and lipid homeostasis [].