CNST, Official Symbol CNSTprovided by HGNC Official Full Name consortin, connexin sorting proteinprovided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:26486 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000162852 MIM:613439; AllianceGenome:HGNC:26486 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status VALIDATED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as C1orf71; PPP1R64 Summary Targeting of numerous transmembrane proteins to the cell surface is thought to depend on their recognition by cargo receptors that interact with the adaptor machinery for anterograde traffic at the distal end of the Golgi complex. Consortin (CNST) is an integral membrane protein that acts as a binding partner of connexins, the building blocks of gap junctions, and acts as a trans-Golgi network (TGN) receptor involved in connexin targeting to the plasma membrane and recycling from the cell surface (del Castillo et al., 2010 [PubMed 19864490]).[supplied by OMIM, Jun 2010] Expression Ubiquitous expression in adrenal (RPKM 10.5), brain (RPKM 9.5) and 25 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all