YKT6, Official Symbol YKT6provided by HGNC Official Full Name YKT6 v-SNARE homologprovided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:16959 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000106636 MIM:606209; AllianceGenome:HGNC:16959 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status REVIEWED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Summary This gene product is one of the SNARE recognition molecules implicated in vesicular transport between secretory compartments. It is a membrane associated, isoprenylated protein that functions at the endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi transport step. This protein is highly conserved from yeast to human and can functionally complement the loss of the yeast homolog in the yeast secretory pathway. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] Expression Ubiquitous expression in brain (RPKM 24.8), colon (RPKM 21.7) and 25 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all