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ER membrane protein complex

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A transmembrane protein complex located in the ER that is involved in ER-mitochondrial membrane tethering, which is required to facilitate lipid transfer from the ER to the mitochondrial membrane. In S. cerevisiae, it has six members: EMC1, EMC2, AIM27, EMC4, KRE27, and EMC6. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25313861 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19325107 ]

Term info

Label

ER membrane protein complex

Synonyms
  • EMC
  • endoplasmic reticulum membrane protein complex
created by

midori

creation date

2011-01-19T06:16:53Z

has obo namespace

cellular_component

id

GO:0072546