"Saposins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of four homologous sphingolipid activator proteins that are formed from proteolytic cleavage of a common protein precursor molecule referred to as prosaposin.
| Descriptor ID |
D049231
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.211.790.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Saposin B- Saposin B
- Sphingolipid Activator Protein 1
- Sphingolipid Activator Protein-1
- SAP-1 Sphingolipid Activator
- SAP 1 Sphingolipid Activator
- Sphingolipid Activator, SAP-1
Saposin C- Saposin C
- beta-Glucosidase Stimulating Protein
- beta Glucosidase Stimulating Protein
- Co-beta-Glucosidase
- Co beta Glucosidase
- Sphingolipid Activator Protein 2
- Gaucher Activator Protein
- Glucosylceramidase Activator
- SAP-C Protein
- SAP C Protein
- beta-Glucosidase Activator Protein
- beta Glucosidase Activator Protein
- Coglucosidase
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Saposins" by people in Profiles.
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Sahasrabuddhe NA, Barbhuiya MA, Bhunia S, Subbannayya T, Gowda H, Advani J, Shrivastav BR, Navani S, Leal P, Roa JC, Chaerkady R, Gupta S, Chatterjee A, Pandey A, Tiwari PK. Identification of prosaposin and transgelin as potential biomarkers for gallbladder cancer using quantitative proteomics. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2014 Apr 18; 446(4):863-9.
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Hiraiwa M, O'Brien JS, Kishimoto Y, Galdzicka M, Fluharty AL, Ginns EI, Martin BM. Isolation, characterization, and proteolysis of human prosaposin, the precursor of saposins (sphingolipid activator proteins). Arch Biochem Biophys. 1993 Jul; 304(1):110-6.