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VAPB - VAMP associated protein B and C Gene

Homo sapiens

Also known as ALS8; VAP-B; VAMP-B

Gene ID: 9217 | Gene type: protein coding

About VAPB

Cytogenetic location: 20q13.32 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38): 20:58,389,229-58,451,101 (from NCBI)

This gene has 6 transcripts (splice variants), 275 orthologues, 1 paralogue and is associated with 4 phenotypes. Ubiquitous expression in thyroid (RPKM 14.9), brain (RPKM 14.3) and 25 other tissues.

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is a type IV membrane protein found in plasma and intracellular vesicle membranes. The encoded protein is found as a homodimer and as a heterodimer with VAPA. This protein also can interact with VAMP1 and VAMP2 and may be involved in vesicle trafficking. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

VAPB Products(2)

mRNA Protein Name
NM_001195677.2 NP_001182606.1 vesicle-associated membrane protein-associated protein B/C isoform 2
NM_004738.5 NP_004729.1 vesicle-associated membrane protein-associated protein B/C isoform 1

VAPB Protein Structure

Motile_Sperm

Motile_Sperm: MSP (Major sperm protein) domain (8 - 110)

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Protein Preferred Names Protein Names

vesicle-associated membrane protein-associated protein B/C

VAMP (vesicle-associated membrane protein)-associated protein B and C

Recombinant VAPB Proteins

Cat. No. Product Name Accession Purity
HY-P71044 VAPB Protein, Human (His) O95292 (A2-P132) ≥95%

Related Diseases

Diseases Alias
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 8

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Type 8

ALS8

Sclerosis, Lateral, Amyotrophic, Type Type 8

Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Late-Onset, Finkel Type

Finkel Late-Adult Type Sma

Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Proximal, Adult, Autosomal Dominant

SMAFK

SMAPAD

Adult Proximal Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Autosomal Dominant

Atrophy, Muscular, Spinal, Proximal, Adult, Autosomal Dominant

Autosomal Dominant Adult-Onset Proximal Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Autosomal Dominant Adult-Onset Proximal Sma

Autosomal Dominant Late-Onset Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Finkel Type

Finkel Disease

Smafk

Adult-Onset Proximal Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Autosomal Dominant

Autosomal Dominant Adult Proximal Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Finkel Late-Adult Type Sma

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 1

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

ALS

Lou Gehrig Disease

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Type 1

Charcot Disease

ALS1

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Susceptibility To

Fals

Lou Gehrig'S Disease

Mnd

Motor Neuron Disease

Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 1, Familial

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 1, Autosomal Dominant

Motor Neuron Disease, Bulbar

Motor Neurone Disease

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis With Dementia

Dementia With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Motor Neuron Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Sclerosis, Lateral, Amyotrophic

Sclerosis, Lateral, Amyotrophic, Type 1

Amyotrophic Sclerosis

Als - [Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis]

Wasting Palsy

Amyotrophic Paralysis

Amyotrophy Lateral Sclerosis

Wasting Paralysis

Spinal Progressive Amyotrophy

Progressive Atrophic Paralysis

Muscular Atrophy

Muscle Wasting

Amyotrophia

Wasting - Muscle

Skeletal Muscle Atrophy

Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Sma

5q Sma

Proximal Sma

Sma-Associated Sma

Spinal Amyotrophies

Spinal Amyotrophy

Spinal Muscle Degeneration

Spinal Muscle Wasting

Muscular Atrophy Spinal

Atrophy, Muscular, Spinal

Hereditary Motor Neuronopathy

Progressive Muscular Atrophy

Sma - [Spinal Muscular Atrophy]

Lateral Sclerosis

Primary Lateral Sclerosis

Adult-Onset Primary Lateral Sclerosis

Adult-Onset Pls

Motor Neuron Disease

Pls

Pls - [Primary Lateral Sclerosis]

Lateral Spinal Sclerosis

Lateral Complete Paralysis

Lateral Incomplete Paralysis

Lateral Paralysis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 21

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Type 21

ALS21

Multisystem Proteinopathy 5

Msp5

Distal Myopathy With Vocal Cord Weakness

Vcpdm

Myopathy, Distal, 2, Formerly

Mpd2, Formerly

Vocal Cord And Pharyngeal Dysfunction With Distal Myopathy, Formerly

Vcpdm, Formerly

Vocal Cord And Pharyngeal Distal Myopathy

Matr3-Related Distal Myopathy

Distal Myopathy 2

Mpd2

Vocal Cord And Pharyngeal Dysfunction With Distal Myopathy

Sclerosis, Lateral, Amyotrophic, Type 21

Myopathy, Distal 2

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 11

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Type 11

ALS11

Sclerosis, Lateral, Amyotrophic, Type Type 11

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 10 With Or Without Frontotemporal Dementia

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Type 10

ALS10

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 10, With Or Without Ftd

Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration, Tardbp-Related

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 10

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 10, With Or Without Frontotemporal Dementia

Tardbp-Related Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration With Tdp43 Inclusions

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 10 With Or Without Frontotemporal Dementia And With Tdp43 Inclusions

Sclerosis, Lateral, Amyotrophic, Type Type 10

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Type 12

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 12

Als12

Sclerosis, Lateral, Amyotrophic, Type Type 12

Spinocerebellar Ataxia 2

Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2

SCA2

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 13

Spinocerebellar Degeneration With Slow Eye Movements

SDSEM

Spinocerebellar Atrophy Ii

Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy Ii

Opca2

Cerebellar Degeneration With Slow Eye Movements

Wadia-Swami Syndrome

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Type 13

ALS13

Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy Holguin Type

Spinocerebellar Ataxia Cuban Type

Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy, Holguin Type

Spinocerebellar Ataxia, Cuban Type

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Susceptibility To, 13

Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy 2

Sca 2

Spinocerebellar Ataxia With Slow Eye Movements

Spinocerebellar Atrophy 2

Wadia Swami Syndrome

Opca Ii

Spinocerebellar Ataxia-2

Ataxia, Spinocerebellar, Type 2

Retinal Dystrophy With Leukodystrophy

RDLKD

Acbd5 Deficiency

Dystrophy, Retinal, With Leukodystrophy

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 16, Juvenile

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Type 16

ALS16

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 16

Sclerosis, Lateral, Amyotrophic, Type 16, Juvenile

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Type 6

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 6, Autosomal Recessive

Als6

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 6, With Or Without Frontotemporal Dementia

Autosomal Recessive Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 6

Sclerosis, Lateral, Amyotrophic, Type Type 6

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 6

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Type 15

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 15, With Or Without Frontotemporal Dementia

Als15

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 15

Motor Neuron Disease

Anterior Horn Cell Disease

Motor Neuron Diseases

Mnd - [Motor Neurone Disease]

Lou Gehrig Disease

Creeping Palsy

Creeping Paralysis

Bulbar Motor Neuron Disease

Bulbar Syndrome

Anterior Horn Cell Disorder

Hereditary Motor Neuron Disease

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 4, Juvenile

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Type 4

ALS4

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 4

Dhmn With Upper Motor Neuron Signs

Distal Hereditary Motor Neuropathy With Upper Motor Neuron Signs

Neuronopathy, Distal Hereditary Motor, With Pyramidal Features

Als 4

Distal Hereditary Motor Neuropathy With Pyramidal Features

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Juvenile 4

Neuronopathy Distal Hereditary Motor With Pyramidal Features

Sclerosis, Lateral, Amyotrophic, Type Type 4

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Type 14

Als14

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 14

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, With Or Without Frontotemporal Dementia

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 14 With Or Without Frontotemporal Dementia

Progressive Bulbar Palsy

Bulbar Palsy, Progressive

Progressive Bulbar Atrophy

Bulbar Palsy

Pbp - [Progressive Bulbar Palsy]

Progressive Bulbar Paralysis

Bulbar Paralysis

Chronic Bulbar Palsy

Chronic Bulbar Paralysis

Supranuclear Bulbar Paralysis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 18

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Type 18

ALS18

Sclerosis, Lateral, Amyotrophic, Type 18

Progressive Muscular Atrophy

Progressive Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Pure Progressive Muscular Atrophy

Pma

Hereditary Spinal Muscle Atrophy

Pma - [Progressive Muscular Atrophy]

Progressive Muscle Atrophy

Progressive Spinal Muscle Atrophy

Duchenne-Aran Atrophy

Duchenne-Aran Muscle Atrophy

Hereditary Sma - [Spinal Muscle Atrophy]

Mesenteric Lymphadenitis

Mesenteric Adenitis

Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Type Iv

SMA4

Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Adult Form

Spinal Muscular Atrophy 4

Spinal Muscular Atrophy-4

Adult Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Proximal, Adult, Autosomal Recessive

Proximal Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 4

Sma Type 4

Sma Type Iv

Sma-Iv

Sma Iv

Spinal Muscular Atrophy Adult Form

Spinal Muscular Atrophy Proximal Adult Autosomal Recessive

Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type Iv

Atrophy, Muscular, Spinal, Type Iv

Myelopathic Muscular Atrophy

Dystonia 12

DYT12

Rdp

Generalized Dystonia

Dystonia-12

Rapid-Onset Dystonia-Parkinsonism

Familial Dystonia

Dystonia Musculorum Deformans

Dystonic Disorders

Idiopathic Familial Dystonia

Dystonia-Parkinsonism, Rapid-Onset

Fragments Of Torsion Dystonia

Dyt-Atp1a3

Rapid-Onset Dystonia Parkinsonism

Rodp

Dystonia, Type 12

Dystonia 3, Torsion, X-Linked

Idiopathic Non-Familial Dystonia

Symptomatic Torsion Dystonia

Dystonia Disorders

Frontotemporal Dementia And/Or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 1

FTDALS1

Frontotemporal Dementia And/Or Motor Neuron Disease

Ftdmnd

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis And/Or Frontotemporal Dementia

Alsftd

Frontotemporal Dementia And/Or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Frontotemporal Dementia And/Or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis-1

Frontotemporal Dementia With Motor Neuron Disease

Ftdals

Ftd-Als

Ftd-Mnd

Frontotemporal Dementia With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis With Frontotemporal Dementia 1

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/Frontotemporal Dementia

Dementia, Frontotemporal, And/Or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis And/Or Frontotemporal Dementia 1

Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration

Grn-Related Frontotemporal Dementia

Hemochromatosis, Type 1

Hemochromatosis

Hemochromatosis Type 1

Hereditary Hemochromatosis

Hh

HFE1

Hfe Hemochromatosis, Modifier Of

Symptomatic Form Of Classic Hemochromatosis

Symptomatic Form Of Hemochromatosis Type 1

Symptomatic Form Of Hfe-Related Hereditary Hemochromatosis

Haemochromatosis

Iron Storage Disorder

Bronze Diabetes

Hereditary Haemochromatosis

Hlah

Hfe

Hemochromatosis, Hereditary

Diabetes Bronze

Classic Hemochromatosis

Hfe-Associated Hereditary Hemochromatosis

Hemochromatosis Classic

Bronzed Cirrhosis

Familial Hemochromatosis

Genetic Hemochromatosis

Hc

Pigmentary Cirrhosis

Primary Hemochromatosis

Troisier-Hanot-Chauffard Syndrome

Von Recklenhausen-Applebaum Disease

Hemochromatosis 1

Primary Hereditary Hemochromatosis

Bronze Cirrhosis

Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

Familial Spastic Paraplegia

Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis

Strumpell-Lorrain Disease

Familial Spastic Paraparesis

Hsp

Spg

Strümpell-Lorrain Disease

Spastic Paraplegia, Hereditary

French Settlement Disease

Strumpell-Lorrain Syndrome

Fsp

Spastic Paraplegia, Familial

Spastic Paraplegia Hereditary

Spastic Paraplegia 3, Autosomal Dominant

Spastic Paraparesis

Hereditary Spastic Paralysis

Familial Spastic Paralysis

Hereditary Spastic Ataxia

Frontotemporal Dementia

Pallidopontonigral Degeneration

Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration

Semantic Dementia

FTD

Frontotemporal Lobe Dementia

Multiple System Tauopathy With Presenile Dementia

Dementia, Frontotemporal

Frontotemporal Dementia With Parkinsonism

Mstd

Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration With Tau Inclusions

Ftld With Tau Inclusions

Dementia, Frontotemporal, With Parkinsonism

Fldem

Ftdp17

Disinhibition-Dementia-Parkinsonism-Amyotrophy Complex

Ddpac

Wilhelmsen-Lynch Disease

Wld

Ppnd

Dementia, Frontotemporal, With Or Without Parkinsonism

Semantic Primary Progressive Aphasia

Semantic Variant Ppa

Wilhemsen-Lynch Disease

Frontotemporal Dementia-Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Frontotemporal Dementia And Parkinsonism Linked To Chromosome 17

Ftd-Als

Ftld

Pick Complex

Pick Disease Of The Brain

Frontotemporal Dementia With Parkinsonism-17

Grn-Related Frontotemporal Dementia

Frontotemporal Dementia With Motor Neuron Disease

Dementia In Fronto-Temporal Lobar Degeneration

Ftd - [Frontotemporal Dementia]

Temple Dementia

Frontal Lobe Dementia

Parkinson Disease, Late-Onset

Parkinson Disease

Parkinson'S Disease

PD

PARK

Parkinson Disease, Susceptibility To

Late Onset Parkinson'S Disease

Late Onset Parkinson Disease

Paralysis Agitans

Primary Parkinsonism

Idiopathic Parkinson Disease

Parkinson'S

Parkinson Disease, Late-Onset, Susceptibility To

Parkinson Disease, Age Of Onset, Modifier

Lewy Body Parkinson Disease

Idiopathic Parkinson'S Disease

Pd - [Parkinson Disease]

Parkinson Disease Nos

Parkinson, Nos

Primary Parkinson Disease

Neuromuscular Disease

Neuromuscular Diseases

Neuromuscular Disorders

Neuromuscular Disorder

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

Cmt

Hmsn

Hereditary Motor And Sensory Neuropathy

Pma

Cmt - Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

Charcot Marie Tooth Disease

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Hereditary Neuropathy

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Syndrome

Peroneal Muscular Atrophy

Hereditary Motor And Sensory Neuropathies

Fundus Dystrophy

Retinal Dystrophy

Retinal Dystrophies

Dystrophy, Retinal

Diseases Alias
Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Orthologs Information

Species Symbol Source ID
Rattus norvegicus VAPB RGD RGD:68326
Felis catus VAPB VGNC VGNC:66918
Canis familiaris VAPB VGNC VGNC:48230
Bos taurus VAPB VGNC VGNC:36764
Mus musculus VAPB MGD MGI:1928744
Others VAPB NCBI