APOL6

Apolipoprotein L6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the APOL6 gene.^[5][6][7]

AliasesAPOL6, APOL-VI, APOLVI, apolipoprotein L6

External IDsOMIM: 607256; MGI: 1919189; HomoloGene: 49940; GeneCards: APOL6; OMA:APOL6 - orthologs

Chr.Chromosome 22 (human)^[1]

End35,668,404 bp^[1]

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APOL6
Identifiers
Aliases	APOL6, APOL-VI, APOLVI, apolipoprotein L6
External IDs	OMIM: 607256; MGI: 1919189; HomoloGene: 49940; GeneCards: APOL6; OMA:APOL6 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 22 (human)[1] Band 22q12.3 Start 35,648,446 bp[1] End 35,668,404 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 15 (mouse)[2] Band 15|15 D3 Start 76,928,929 bp[2] End 76,941,306 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in pericardium pylorus sperm buccal mucosa cell monocyte epithelium of colon epithelium of nasopharynx human penis vena cava cardia Top expressed in white adipose tissue subcutaneous adipose tissue soleus muscle brown adipose tissue muscle of thigh mammary gland zygote skeletal muscle tissue intercostal muscle thoracic diaphragm More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function lipid binding Cellular component extracellular region cytoplasm Biological process lipoprotein metabolic process lipid transport Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 80830 71939 Ensembl ENSG00000221963 ENSMUSG00000033576 UniProt Q9BWW8 n/a RefSeq (mRNA) NM_030641 NM_001163621 NM_028010 RefSeq (protein) NP_085144 n/a Location (UCSC) Chr 22: 35.65 – 35.67 Mb Chr 15: 76.93 – 76.94 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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This gene is a member of the apolipoprotein L gene family. The encoded protein is found in the cytoplasm, where it may affect the movement of lipids or allow the binding of lipids to organelles.^[7]