Gene description for FAP
Gene name fibroblast activation protein, alpha
Gene symbol FAP
Other names/aliases DPPIV
FAPA
SIMP
Species Homo sapiens
 Database cross references - FAP
ExoCarta ExoCarta_2191
Entrez Gene 2191
HGNC 3590
MIM 600403
UniProt Q12884  
 FAP identified in exosomes derived from the following tissue/cell type
Mesenchymal stem cells Unpublished / Not applicable
 Gene ontology annotations for FAP
Molecular Function
    metalloendopeptidase activity GO:0004222 TAS
    protein dimerization activity GO:0046983 NAS
    peptidase activity GO:0008233 IDA
    protein binding GO:0005515 IPI
    dipeptidyl-peptidase activity GO:0008239 NAS
    integrin binding GO:0005178 IPI
    serine-type peptidase activity GO:0008236 NAS
    protease binding GO:0002020 IPI
    endopeptidase activity GO:0004175 IDA
    protein homodimerization activity GO:0042803 NAS
    serine-type endopeptidase activity GO:0004252 IDA
Biological Process
    negative regulation of extracellular matrix disassembly GO:0010716 IDA
    proteolysis GO:0006508 IDA
    positive regulation of execution phase of apoptosis GO:1900119 ISS
    negative regulation of cell proliferation involved in contact inhibition GO:0060244 ISS
    cell adhesion GO:0007155 IEA
    mitotic cell cycle arrest GO:0071850 ISS
    regulation of collagen catabolic process GO:0010710 IDA
    melanocyte apoptotic process GO:1902362 ISS
    positive regulation of cell cycle arrest GO:0071158 ISS
    endothelial cell migration GO:0043542 IDA
    regulation of fibrinolysis GO:0051917 IC
    proteolysis involved in cellular protein catabolic process GO:0051603 IDA
    negative regulation of extracellular matrix organization GO:1903054 IDA
    angiogenesis GO:0001525 IEA
    melanocyte proliferation GO:0097325 ISS
Subcellular Localization
    apical part of cell GO:0045177 IEA
    extracellular space GO:0005615 IDA
    cytoplasm GO:0005737 IEA
    plasma membrane GO:0005886 NAS
    invadopodium membrane GO:0071438 IDA
    cell surface GO:0009986 ISS
    ruffle membrane GO:0032587 NAS
    integral component of membrane GO:0016021 NAS
    focal adhesion GO:0005925 IDA
    basal part of cell GO:0045178 IEA
    lamellipodium membrane GO:0031258 IEA
    lamellipodium GO:0030027 IDA
 Experiment description of studies that identified FAP in exosomes
1
Experiment ID 126
ISEV standards
✘ EV Biophysical techniques
✔
GAPDH
EV Cytosolic markers
✘ EV Membrane markers
✘ EV Negative markers
✘ EV Particle analysis
Identified molecule protein
Identification method Mass spectrometry [LTQ-FT Ultra]
PubMed ID Unpublished / Not applicable
Organism Homo sapiens
Experiment description Mesenchymal Stem Cell Exosomes: The Future MSC-based Therapy?
Authors Ruenn Chai Lai, Ronne Wee Yeh Yeo, Soon Sim Tan, Bin Zhang, Yijun Yin, Newman Siu Kwan Sze, Andre Choo, and Sai Kiang Lim
Journal name Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy
Publication year 2011
Sample Mesenchymal stem cells
Sample name huES9.E1
Isolation/purification methods HPLC
Flotation density -
Molecules identified in the study Protein
Methods used in the study Western blotting
Antobody array
Mass spectrometry
 Protein-protein interactions for FAP
  Protein Interactor ExoCarta ID Identification method PubMed Species
1 PLAUR 5329
FRET Homo sapiens
2 FAP 2191
Invivo Homo sapiens
Invivo Homo sapiens
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 Pathways in which FAP is involved
No pathways found





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