Exhibits strong arylesterase activity with beta-naphthyl acetate and phenyl acetate. May play a role in adipocyte differentiation. (updated: March 4, 2015)
The data and differentiation stages presented below come from the proteomic study and analysis performed by our partners of the GReX consortium, more details are available in their published work.
No sequence conservation computed yet.
This protein is predicted to be membranous by TOPCONS.
Total structural coverage: 0%
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The reference OMIM entry for this protein is 615884
Adipocyte plasma membrane-associated protein; apmap
Chromosome 20 open reading frame 3; c20orf3
Bscv
DESCRIPTION
APMAP shares similarity with the paraoxonase family of enzymes (see PON1,
168820) and may catalyze antioxidative detoxification reactions (Ilhan et al., 2008).
CLONING
By computational analysis, Morita et al. (2000) identified APMAP, which they called BSCV. The deduced BSCV protein contains 416 amino acids and shares 25.8% identity with Arabidopsis strictosidine synthase. Albrektsen et al. (2001) cloned mouse Apmap, which shares 89% nucleotide identity with human APMAP. The deduced 415-amino acid mouse protein has a calculated molecular mass of 46.5 kD. It has a short N-terminal domain, followed by a transmembrane domain and a long C-terminal domain. Northern blot analysis of adult mouse tissues detected a 2.2-kb Apmap transcript that was highly expressed in liver, heart, and kidney, with lower expression in brain and lung, and very low expression in spleen, skeletal muscle, and testis. Quantitative PCR detected 4.3-fold higher Apmap expression in mouse adipose tissue than in liver. In vitro translation, cell fractionation, protein extraction, and biotinylation experiments revealed that Apmap was expressed as a glycosylated integral plasma membrane protein with a large extracellular C-terminal domain and a short cytoplasmic N-terminal domain. Ilhan et al. (2008) determined that full-length human APMAP, which they called C20ORF3, is likely to fold into a 6-bladed beta-propeller structure similar to PON1 and plant strictosidine synthase. Within its C-terminal domain, APMAP contains 2 potential glycosylation sites and 3 cysteines, at least 2 of which are predicted to be involved in intra- or intermolecular disulfide bond formation. EST database analysis revealed an APMAP splice variant lacking exons 3, 4, and 5, which was predicted to encode a truncated protein containing the cytosolic domain. Northern blot analysis detected variable expression of a major 2.4-kb APMAP transcript in all adult and embryonic human tissues examined, with highest expression in adult liver, placenta, and heart and in embryonic liver and kidney. Western blot analysis detected a predominant 50-kD protein in liver and placenta. A glycosylated 52-kD band and a 32-kb C-terminally truncated isoform were also observed. Immunofluorescence and immunohistochemical analyses of kidney detected strong APMAP staining in glomerulus and tubule epithelial cells and in vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells. Strong staining was also detected in hepatocytes and pancreatic islets of Langerhans. FACS analysis showed APMAP expression on monocytes, but not on granulocytes or lymphocytes. In fractionated Rin-F5 rat pancreatic beta cells, the 50-kD Apmap isoform was detected in the heavy membrane fraction, whereas the 32-kb form was detected in the cytosol.
GENE FUNCTION
Albrektsen et al. (2001) found that Apmap was not expressed in mouse 3T3 or primary rat preadipocytes, but was induced following their differentiation into adipocytes. By assaying membrane fractions of transfected Rin-F5 and HepG2 cells, Ilhan et al. (2008) found that human APMAP showed arylesterase activity against beta-naphthyl acetate and phenyl acetate. Calcium chelation reduced, but did not eliminate, the arylesterase activity. Serum deprivation reduced surface expression of APMAP in HEK293 cells, and serum stimulation increased both APMAP reporter gene activity and cell surface APMAP expression.
GENE STRUCTURE
Ilhan et al. (2008) determined that the APM ...
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