PSAP, Official Symbol PSAPprovided by HGNC Official Full Name prosaposinprovided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:9498 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000197746 MIM:176801; AllianceGenome:HGNC:9498 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 Also known as GLBA; SAP1; SAP2; PSAPD; PARK24 Summary This gene encodes a highly conserved preproprotein that is proteolytically processed to generate four main cleavage products including saposins A, B, C, and D. Each domain of the precursor protein is approximately 80 amino acid residues long with nearly identical placement of cysteine residues and glycosylation sites. Saposins A-D localize primarily to the lysosomal compartment where they facilitate the catabolism of glycosphingolipids with short oligosaccharide groups. The precursor protein exists both as a secretory protein and as an integral membrane protein and has neurotrophic activities. Mutations in this gene have been associated with Gaucher disease and metachromatic leukodystrophy. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants, at least one of which encodes an isoform that is proteolytically processed. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2016] Annotation information Note: PSAP (Gene ID: 5660) and MTCH1 (Gene ID: 23787) share the PSAP symbol/alias in common. PSAP is a widely used alternative name for mitochondrial carrier 1 (MTCH1), which can be confused with the official symbol for PSAP (prosaposin, GeneID 5660). [01 Jun 2018] Expression Ubiquitous expression in spleen (RPKM 523.6), gall bladder (RPKM 491.5) and 25 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all