The N-Acetylglucosamine receptor is a receptor which binds N-Acetylglucosamine.
heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein M | |||||||
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Identifiers | |||||||
Symbol | HNRPM | ||||||
Alt. symbols | NAGR1 | ||||||
NCBI gene | 4670 | ||||||
HGNC | 5046 | ||||||
OMIM | 160994 | ||||||
RefSeq | NM_005968 | ||||||
UniProt | P52272 | ||||||
Other data | |||||||
Locus | Chr. 19 p13.3-13.2 | ||||||
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The N-Acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) receptor has been recently found to interact and bind with vimentins at the cell surface. Research indicates that the GlcNAc receptor can therefore be used to target vimentin-expressing cells for gene delivery via receptor-mediated endocytosis.[1]