Structural highlights
Disease
AP4M1_HUMAN Defects in AP4M1 are the cause of cerebral palsy spastic quadriplegic type 3 (CPSQ3) [MIM:612936. A non-progressive disorder of movement and/or posture resulting from defects in the developing central nervous system. Affected individuals present postnatally with early infantile hypotonia, delayed psychomotor development, strabismus, lack of independent walking and severe mental retardation. They develop progressive spasticity of all limbs with generalized hypertonia, hyperreflexia, and extensor plantar responses by the end of the first year of life. Speech is absent or limited. Pseudobulbar signs, such as drooling, stereotypic laughter, and exaggerated jaw jerk, are part of the clinical picture.
Function
AP4M1_HUMAN Subunit of novel type of clathrin- or non-clathrin-associated protein coat involved in targeting proteins from the trans-Golgi network (TGN) to the endosomal-lysosomal system.
Evolutionary Conservation
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