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3.A.1.211.10
ABCA7. Regulates cellular efflux of phospholipids but not cholesterol, to apo A-1 (Voloshyna and Reiss, 2011).  Associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease, possibly by influencing amyloid-β (Abeta) accumulation (Zhao et al. 2014).  Known functions of ABCA7 are summarized in Zhao et al. 2014 and Sakamoto et al. 2019. People with low ABCA7 develop AD neuropathology at a younger age, those with intermediate ABCA7 develop it later, and those who developed it very late had high ABCA7, the same as the youngest controls. ABC transporters closely similar to ABCA7 similarly protect cells by removing toxic lipids (Lyssenko and Praticò 2020). ABCA7 is a genetic risk factor associated with Alzheimer's Disease risk in african americans (Stepler et al. 2022). Essential pharmacophore features of inhibitory compounds may provide guides to theraputic treatments of AD (Namasivayam et al. 2021). A metabolome-wide association study on ABCA7 indicated a role of ceramide metabolism in Alzheimer's disease (Dehghan et al. 2022). Cryo-EM structures of human ABCA7 provide insights into its phospholipid translocation mechanisms (Le et al. 2023).

Accession Number:Q8IZY2
Protein Name:ATP-binding cassette sub-family A member 7
Length:2146
Molecular Weight:234350.00
Species:Homo sapiens (Human) [9606]
Number of TMSs:13
Location1 / Topology2 / Orientation3: Cell membrane1 / Multi-pass membrane protein2
Substrate phospholipid, ceramide

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Entrez Gene ID: 10347   
Pfam: PF00005   
KEGG: hsa:10347   

Gene Ontology

GO:0016324 C:apical plasma membrane
GO:0043190 C:ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter complex
GO:0010008 C:endosome membrane
GO:0000139 C:Golgi membrane
GO:0016021 C:integral to membrane
GO:0005886 C:plasma membrane
GO:0005524 F:ATP binding
GO:0016887 F:ATPase activity
GO:0005548 F:phospholipid transporter activity
GO:0005215 F:transporter activity
GO:0006200 P:ATP catabolic process
GO:0006909 P:phagocytosis
GO:0033700 P:phospholipid efflux
GO:0055085 P:transmembrane transport

References (10)

[1] “Identification of a novel human sterol-sensitive ATP-binding cassette transporter (ABCA7).”  Kaminski W.E.et.al.   10873640
[2] “Genomic organization of the human cholesterol-responsive ABC transporter ABCA7: tandem linkage with the minor histocompatibility antigen HA-1 gene.”  Kaminski W.E.et.al.   11095984
[3] “Human ABCA1 contains a large amino-terminal extracellular domain homologous to an epitope of Sjogren's Syndrome.”  Tanaka A.R.et.al.   11355874
[4] “Comparative analysis of the promoter structure and genomic organization of the human and mouse ABCA7 gene encoding a novel ABCA transporter.”  Broccardo C.et.al.   11435699
[5] “The DNA sequence and biology of human chromosome 19.”  Grimwood J.et.al.   15057824
[6] “Posttranscriptional regulation of human ABCA7 and its function for the apoA-I-dependent lipid release.”  Ikeda Y.et.al.   14592415
[7] “ATP-binding cassette transporter A7 (ABCA7) binds apolipoprotein A-I and mediates cellular phospholipid but not cholesterol efflux.”  Wang N.et.al.   12917409
[8] “Adenosine triphosphate binding cassette (ABC) transporters are expressed and regulated during terminal keratinocyte differentiation: a potential role for ABCA7 in epidermal lipid reorganization.”  Kielar D.et.al.   12925201
[9] “Human ABCA7 supports apolipoprotein-mediated release of cellular cholesterol and phospholipid to generate high density lipoprotein.”  Abe-Dohmae S.et.al.   14570867
[10] “Catalog of 605 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) among 13 genes encoding human ATP-binding cassette transporters: ABCA4, ABCA7, ABCA8, ABCD1, ABCD3, ABCD4, ABCE1, ABCF1, ABCG1, ABCG2, ABCG4, ABCG5, and ABCG8.”  Iida A.et.al.   12111378

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FASTA formatted sequence
1:	MAFWTQLMLL LWKNFMYRRR QPVQLLVELL WPLFLFFILV AVRHSHPPLE HHECHFPNKP 
61:	LPSAGTVPWL QGLICNVNNT CFPQLTPGEE PGRLSNFNDS LVSRLLADAR TVLGGASAHR 
121:	TLAGLGKLIA TLRAARSTAQ PQPTKQSPLE PPMLDVAELL TSLLRTESLG LALGQAQEPL 
181:	HSLLEAAEDL AQELLALRSL VELRALLQRP RGTSGPLELL SEALCSVRGP SSTVGPSLNW 
241:	YEASDLMELV GQEPESALPD SSLSPACSEL IGALDSHPLS RLLWRRLKPL ILGKLLFAPD 
301:	TPFTRKLMAQ VNRTFEELTL LRDVREVWEM LGPRIFTFMN DSSNVAMLQR LLQMQDEGRR 
361:	QPRPGGRDHM EALRSFLDPG SGGYSWQDAH ADVGHLVGTL GRVTECLSLD KLEAAPSEAA 
421:	LVSRALQLLA EHRFWAGVVF LGPEDSSDPT EHPTPDLGPG HVRIKIRMDI DVVTRTNKIR 
481:	DRFWDPGPAA DPLTDLRYVW GGFVYLQDLV ERAAVRVLSG ANPRAGLYLQ QMPYPCYVDD 
541:	VFLRVLSRSL PLFLTLAWIY SVTLTVKAVV REKETRLRDT MRAMGLSRAV LWLGWFLSCL 
601:	GPFLLSAALL VLVLKLGDIL PYSHPGVVFL FLAAFAVATV TQSFLLSAFF SRANLAAACG 
661:	GLAYFSLYLP YVLCVAWRDR LPAGGRVAAS LLSPVAFGFG CESLALLEEQ GEGAQWHNVG 
721:	TRPTADVFSL AQVSGLLLLD AALYGLATWY LEAVCPGQYG IPEPWNFPFR RSYWCGPRPP 
781:	KSPAPCPTPL DPKVLVEEAP PGLSPGVSVR SLEKRFPGSP QPALRGLSLD FYQGHITAFL 
841:	GHNGAGKTTT LSILSGLFPP SGGSAFILGH DVRSSMAAIR PHLGVCPQYN VLFDMLTVDE 
901:	HVWFYGRLKG LSAAVVGPEQ DRLLQDVGLV SKQSVQTRHL SGGMQRKLSV AIAFVGGSQV 
961:	VILDEPTAGV DPASRRGIWE LLLKYREGRT LILSTHHLDE AELLGDRVAV VAGGRLCCCG 
1021:	SPLFLRRHLG SGYYLTLVKA RLPLTTNEKA DTDMEGSVDT RQEKKNGSQG SRVGTPQLLA 
1081:	LVQHWVPGAR LVEELPHELV LVLPYTGAHD GSFATLFREL DTRLAELRLT GYGISDTSLE 
1141:	EIFLKVVEEC AADTDMEDGS CGQHLCTGIA GLDVTLRLKM PPQETALENG EPAGSAPETD 
1201:	QGSGPDAVGR VQGWALTRQQ LQALLLKRFL LARRSRRGLF AQIVLPALFV GLALVFSLIV 
1261:	PPFGHYPALR LSPTMYGAQV SFFSEDAPGD PGRARLLEAL LQEAGLEEPP VQHSSHRFSA 
1321:	PEVPAEVAKV LASGNWTPES PSPACQCSRP GARRLLPDCP AAAGGPPPPQ AVTGSGEVVQ 
1381:	NLTGRNLSDF LVKTYPRLVR QGLKTKKWVN EVRYGGFSLG GRDPGLPSGQ ELGRSVEELW 
1441:	ALLSPLPGGA LDRVLKNLTA WAHSLDAQDS LKIWFNNKGW HSMVAFVNRA SNAILRAHLP 
1501:	PGPARHAHSI TTLNHPLNLT KEQLSEGALM ASSVDVLVSI CVVFAMSFVP ASFTLVLIEE 
1561:	RVTRAKHLQL MGGLSPTLYW LGNFLWDMCN YLVPACIVVL IFLAFQQRAY VAPANLPALL 
1621:	LLLLLYGWSI TPLMYPASFF FSVPSTAYVV LTCINLFIGI NGSMATFVLE LFSDQKLQEV 
1681:	SRILKQVFLI FPHFCLGRGL IDMVRNQAMA DAFERLGDRQ FQSPLRWEVV GKNLLAMVIQ 
1741:	GPLFLLFTLL LQHRSQLLPQ PRVRSLPLLG EEDEDVARER ERVVQGATQG DVLVLRNLTK 
1801:	VYRGQRMPAV DRLCLGIPPG ECFGLLGVNG AGKTSTFRMV TGDTLASRGE AVLAGHSVAR 
1861:	EPSAAHLSMG YCPQSDAIFE LLTGREHLEL LARLRGVPEA QVAQTAGSGL ARLGLSWYAD 
1921:	RPAGTYSGGN KRKLATALAL VGDPAVVFLD EPTTGMDPSA RRFLWNSLLA VVREGRSVML 
1981:	TSHSMEECEA LCSRLAIMVN GRFRCLGSPQ HLKGRFAAGH TLTLRVPAAR SQPAAAFVAA 
2041:	EFPGAELREA HGGRLRFQLP PGGRCALARV FGELAVHGAE HGVEDFSVSQ TMLEEVFLYF 
2101:	SKDQGKDEDT EEQKEAGVGV DPAPGLQHPK RVSQFLDDPS TAETVL