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GeneQ18045627· pop 5· linked from 4 articles

Also known as RAB17, member RAS oncogene family

Ras-related protein Rab-17 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RAB17 gene.

Gene data

RAB17
Name
RAB17, member RAS oncogene family
Type
protein-coding

The Rab subfamily of small GTPases plays an important role in the regulation of membrane trafficking. RAB17 is an epithelial cell-specific GTPase (Lutcke et al., 1993 [PubMed 8486736]).[supplied by OMIM, Oct 2009].

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RAB17, member RAS oncogene family

Symbol
RAB17
Biotype
Protein coding
Organism
Homo sapiens
Location
2:237,574,105-237,601,638
Strand
Reverse (−)
Assembly
GRCh38
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HomoloGene ID
7502
genomic end
238510257
genomic start
238482965
cytogenetic location
2q37.3
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Ras-related protein Rab-17 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RAB17 gene.

In melanocytic cells RAB17 gene expression may be regulated by MITF.

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