pfam14764: SPG48 (this model, PSSM-Id:291430 is obsolete and has been replaced by 464303)
AP-5 complex subunit, vesicle trafficking
This family would appear to be the second of the two larger subunits of the fifth Adaptor-Protein complex, AP-5. Adaptor protein (AP) complexes facilitate the trafficking of cargo from one membrane compartment of the cell to another by recruiting other proteins to particular types of vesicles. AP-5 is involved in trafficking proteins from endosomes towards other membranous compartments. There are genetic links between AP-5 and hereditary spastic paraplegia, a group of human genetic disorders characterized by progressive spasticity in the lower limbs.