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Several cases of colorectal, prostate, ovarian, cervical, testis, urothelial and pancreatic cancers displayed moderate cytoplasmic and membranous staining. Remaining malignant tissues were weakly stained or negative.
Several cases of malignant melanomas showed moderate cytoplasmic immunoreactivity. Remaining malignant tissues were generally negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
AP3M1
Synonyms
Description
Adaptor-related protein complex 3, mu 1 subunit (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
The protein encoded by this gene is the medium subunit of AP-3, which is an adaptor-related protein complex associated with the Golgi region as well as more peripheral intracellular structures. AP-3 facilitates the budding of vesicles from the Golgi membrane and may be directly involved in protein sorting to the endosomal/lysosomal system. AP-3 is a heterotetrameric protein complex composed of two large subunits (delta and beta3), a medium subunit (mu3), and a small subunit (sigma 3). Mutations in one of the large subunits of AP-3 have been associated with the Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome, a genetic disorder characterized by defective lysosome-related organelles. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been observed. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]