ANTXR1

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Anthrax toxin receptor 1 (ANTXR1 or also known asTEM8) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ANTXR1 gene.[1][2][3] Its molecular weight is predicted as about 63kDa.

The protein encoded by this gene is a type I transmembrane protein and is a tumor-specific endothelial marker that has been implicated in colorectal cancer. This protein has been shown to also be a docking protein or receptor for Bacillus anthracis toxin, the causative agent of the disease, anthrax. The binding of the protective antigen (PA) component, of the tripartite anthrax toxin, to this receptor protein mediates delivery of toxin components to the cytosol of cells. Once inside the cell, the other two components of anthrax toxin, edema factor (EF) and lethal factor (LF) disrupt normal cellular processes. Three alternatively spliced variants have been described.[3]

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  1. St Croix B, Rago C, Velculescu V, Traverso G, Romans KE, Montgomery E, Lal A, Riggins GJ, Lengauer C, Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW (Aug 2000). "Genes expressed in human tumor endothelium". Science. 289 (5482): 1197–202. doi:10.1126/science.289.5482.1197. PMID 10947988.
  2. Carson-Walter EB, Watkins DN, Nanda A, Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, St Croix B (Sep 2001). "Cell surface tumor endothelial markers are conserved in mice and humans". Cancer Res. 61 (18): 6649–55. PMID 11559528.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: ANTXR1 anthrax toxin receptor 1".

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