G protein-coupled receptor associated sorting protein 1
This gene encodes a member of the GPRASP (G protein-coupled receptor associated sorting protein) family. The protein may modulate lysosomal sorting and functional down-regulation of a variety of G-protein coupled receptors. It targets receptors for degradation in lysosomes. The receptors interacting
with this sorting protein include D2 dopamine receptor (DRD2), delta opioid receptor (OPRD1), beta-2 adrenergic receptor (ADRB2), D4 dopamine receptor (DRD4) and cannabinoid 1 receptor (CB1R). Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, May 2010]
This locus represents naturally occurring readthrough transcription among the adjacent armadillo repeat containing, X-linked 5 (ARMCX5), G protein-coupled receptor associated sorting proteins 1 and 2 (GPRASP1 and GPRASP2), basic helix-loop-helix family member b9
(BHLHB9), and long intergenic non-protein coding RNA 630 (LINC00630) genes on chromosome X. Transcripts may make use of multiple alternative promoters and polyadenylation signals in this region. Readthrough transcripts may produce proteins identical to the proteins encoded by GPRASP2 or BHLHB9. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2017]