The N-Acetylglucosamine receptor is a receptor which binds N-Acetylglucosamine.
| heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein M | |||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||
| Symbol | HNRPM | ||||||
| Alt. symbols | NAGR1 | ||||||
| NCBI gene | 4670 | ||||||
| HGNC | 5046 | ||||||
| OMIM | 160994 | ||||||
| RefSeq | NM_005968 | ||||||
| UniProt | P52272 | ||||||
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| Locus | Chr. 19 p13.3-13.2 | ||||||
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Studies edit
The N-Acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) receptor has been recently found to interact and bind with vimentins at the cell surface. Research indicates that the GlcNAc receptor can therefore be used to target vimentin-expressing cells for gene delivery via receptor-mediated endocytosis.[1]
References edit
- ^ Singh B, Maharjan S, Kim YK, Jiang T, Islam MA, Kang SK, Cho MH, Choi YJ, Cho CS (November 2014). "Targeted gene delivery via N-acetylglucosamine receptor mediated endocytosis". Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 14 (11): 8356–64. doi:10.1166/jnn.2014.9919. PMID 25958528.
External links edit
- N-Acetylglucosamine+Receptor at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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