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PICALM

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Species
  
Human

Entrez
  
8301

Human
  
Mouse

Ensembl
  
ENSG00000073921

PICALM

Aliases
  
PICALM, CALM, CLTH, LAP, phosphatidylinositol binding clathrin assembly protein

External IDs
  
MGI: 2385902 HomoloGene: 111783 GeneCards: PICALM

Phosphatidylinositol binding clathrin assembly protein, also known as PICALM, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the PICALM gene.

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Interactions

PICALM has been shown to interact with CLTC.

Clinical significance

In humans, certain alleles of this gene have been statistically associated with an increased risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

References

PICALM Wikipedia