Gene
Entrez ID Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
57617
Gene name Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
VPS18 core subunit of CORVET and HOPS complexes
Gene symbol Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
VPS18
Synonyms (NCBI Gene) Gene synonyms aliases
PEP3
Chromosome Chromosome number
15
Chromosome location Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
15q15.1
Summary Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
Vesicle mediated protein sorting plays an important role in segregation of intracellular molecules into distinct organelles. Genetic studies in yeast have identified more than 40 vacuolar protein sorting (VPS) genes involved in vesicle transport to vacuol
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT021057 hsa-miR-155-5p Reporter assay 20584899
MIRT042991 hsa-miR-324-3p CLASH 23622248
MIRT039983 hsa-miR-615-3p CLASH 23622248
MIRT724932 hsa-miR-3918 HITS-CLIP 19536157
MIRT724931 hsa-miR-4685-5p HITS-CLIP 19536157
Gene ontology (GO) Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0003779 Function Actin binding IEA
GO:0005515 Function Protein binding IPI 11382755, 20434987, 23434281, 23901104, 23918659, 24554770, 25783203, 26496610, 28514442
GO:0005764 Component Lysosome IDA 11382755
GO:0005765 Component Lysosomal membrane HDA 17897319
GO:0005768 Component Endosome IBA 21873635
Other IDs Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
608551 15972 ENSG00000104142
Protein
UniProt ID Q9P253
Protein name Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 18 homolog (hVPS18)
Protein function Plays a role in vesicle-mediated protein trafficking to lysosomal compartments including the endocytic membrane transport and autophagic pathways. Believed to act as a core component of the putative HOPS and CORVET endosomal tethering complexes
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF05131 Pep3_Vps18 291 435 Pep3/Vps18/deep orange family Family
PF00637 Clathrin 620 771 Region in Clathrin and VPS Family
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Ubiquitous. Expression was highest in heart and low in lung. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11382755}.
Sequence
MASILDEYENSLSRSAVLQPGCPSVGIPHSGYVNAQLEKEVPIFTKQRIDFTPSERITSL
VVSSNQLCMSLGKDTLLRIDLGKANEPNHVELGRKDDAKVHKMFLDHTGSHLLIALSSTE
VLYVNRNGQKVRPLARWKGQLVESVGWNKALGTESSTGPILVGTAQGHIFEAELSASEGG
LFGPAPDLYFRPLYVLNEEGGPAPVCSLEAERGPDGRSFVIATTRQRLFQFIGRAAEGAE
AQGFSGLFAAYTDHPPPFREFPSNLGYSELAFYTPKLRSAPRAFAWMMGDGVLYGALDCG
RPDSLLSEERVWEYPEGVGPGASPPLAIVLTQFHFLLLLADRVEAVCTLTGQVVLRDHFL
EKFGPLKHMVKDSSTGQLWAYTERAVFRYHVQREARDVWRTYLDMNRFDLAKEYCRERPD
CLDTVLAREADFCFR
QRRYLESARCYALTQSYFEEIALKFLEARQEEALAEFLQRKLASL
KPAERTQATLLTTWLTELYLSRLGALQGDPEALTLYRETKECFRTFLSSPRHKEWLFASR
ASIHELLASHGDTEHMVYFAVIMQDYERVVAYHCQHEAYEEALAVLARHRDPQLFYKFSP
ILIRHIPRQLVDAWIEMGSRLDARQLIPALVNYSQGGEVQQVSQAIRYMEFCVNVLGETE
QAIHNYLLSLYARGRPDSLLAYLEQAGASPHRVHYDLKYALRLCAEHGHHRACVHVYKVL
ELYEEAVDLALQVDVDLAKQCADLPEEDEELRKKLWLKIARHVVQEEEDVQ
TAMACLASC
PLLKIEDVLPFFPDFVTIDHFKEAICSSLKAYNHHIQELQREMEEATASAQRIRRDLQEL
RGRYGTVEPQDKCATCDFPLLNRPFYLFLCGHMFHADCLLQAVRPGLPAYKQARLEELQR
KLGAAPPPAKGSARAKEAEGGAATAGPSREQLKADLDELVAAECVYCGELMIRSIDRPFI
DPQRYEEEQLSWL
Sequence length 973
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG  
  Autophagy - animal
Efferocytosis
Salmonella infection
 
Associated diseases Disease information provided by ClinVar, GenCC, and GWAS databases.
Causal
Disease term Disease name dbSNP ID References
Colorectal cancer Colorectal Carcinoma rs137854568, rs137854573, rs137854575, rs387906234, rs121908380, rs121908702, rs267606674, rs794729661, rs121909055, rs281865417, rs267606884, rs28934575, rs587776769, rs104893815, rs587776800
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Unknown
Disease term Disease name Evidence References Source
Leukodystrophy leukodystrophy GenCC
Associations from Text Mining
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Buschke Ollendorff syndrome Associate 22132895