Peroxisomal membrane protein PEX16 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PEX16gene.[5][6]
Function
The protein encoded by this gene is an integral peroxisomal membrane protein. An inactivating nonsense mutation localized to this gene was observed in a patient with Zellweger syndrome of the complementation group CGD/CG9. Expression of this gene product morphologically and biochemically restores the formation of new peroxisomes, suggesting a role in peroxisome organization and biogenesis. Alternative splicing has been observed for this gene and two variants have been described.[6]
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Fransen M, Vastiau I, Brees C, et al. (2005). "Analysis of human Pex19p's domain structure by pentapeptide scanning mutagenesis". J. Mol. Biol. 346 (5): 1275–86. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2005.01.013. PMID15713480.