related to yeast Vacuolar Protein Sorting factor 54
Synonyms
CELE_T21C9.2
T21C9.2
Biotype
protein coding gene
Automated Description
Enables syntaxin binding activity. Predicted to be involved in Golgi to vacuole transport and retrograde transport, endosome to Golgi. Part of GARP complex. Is expressed in body wall musculature; intestine; and nervous system. Orthologous to human VPS54 (VPS54 subunit of GARP complex).
WB Description
vps-54 encodes the C. elegans ortholog of the yeast Vps54p GARP (Golgi associated retrograde protein) complex subunit; in C. elegans, VPS-54 forms a GARP complex with VPS-51, VPS-52, and VPS-53.