LARP6
Sign in to saveAlso known as ACHN, La ribonucleoprotein domain family member 6, La ribonucleoprotein 6, translational regulator
La-related protein 6 also known as acheron or La ribonucleoprotein domain family member 6 (LARP6), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LARP6 gene.
Gene data
LARP6- Name
- La ribonucleoprotein 6, translational regulator
- Type
- protein-coding
- Position
- 70,829,130–70,854,157 (−)
- Aliases
- ACHN
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000166173
- RefSeq RNA
- NM_001286679.2, NM_018357.4, NM_197958.3
- RefSeq protein
- NP_001273608.1, NP_060827.2, NP_932062.1
Enables RNA binding activity and myosin binding activity. Involved in positive regulation of collagen biosynthetic process; positive regulation of mRNA binding activity; and positive regulation of translation. Located in nucleus. Part of polysome. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]
Gene Ontology
Biological process
Molecular function
via MyGene.info
Gene · Ensembl
La ribonucleoprotein 6, translational regulator
- Symbol
- LARP6
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 15:70,829,130-70,854,783
- Strand
- Reverse (−)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
Wikidata facts
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- HomoloGene ID
- 32408
- exact match
- identifiers.org/ncbigene/55323
- genomic start
- 71123863
- genomic end
- 70854157
- cytogenetic location
- 15q23
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3 sectionsContents
- Clinical relevance
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- Further reading
La-related protein 6 also known as acheron or La ribonucleoprotein domain family member 6 (LARP6), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LARP6 gene.
==Clinical relevance== In a recent genome-wide association study, LARP6 gene has been associated with fasting glucose traits, type 2 diabetes and obesity.