The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Prosaposin across different species:

prosaposin (PSAP), prosaposin (Psap), prosaposin (psap), prosaposin (LOC100304726), prosaposin (LOC100526719)

Other aliases include:

GLBA, SAP1, FLJ00245, MGC110993, SGP-1, AI037048, SGP1A, cb759, wu:fa14a06, wu:fb36e02, wu:fb58g07, PSAP, MGC128268

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Prosaposin:

prosaposin – sphingolipid activator protein-1 – sulfated glycoprotein 1 – snoRNA MBII-198 – OTTMUSP00000017725 – prosaposin (sulfated glycoprotein, sphingolipid hydrolase activator) – prosaposin (variant Gaucher disease and variant metachromatic leukodystrophy) – proactivator polypeptide – proactivator polypeptide-like

Prosaposin fulfills a number of functions:

enzyme activator activity – lipid binding

Prosaposin is relevant to the following processes:

glycosphingolipid metabolic process – lipid metabolic process – lipid transport – developmental growth – epithelial cell differentiation involved in prostate gland development – prostate gland growth – regulation of MAPKKK cascade – sphingolipid metabolic process – glycolipid transport

Locations for Prosaposin:

Golgi apparatus – extracellular region – extracellular space – integral to membrane – lysosomal lumen – lysosome – mitochondrion – intracellular membrane-bounded organelle

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology