Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about PEX13: its mechanistic relationships (Knowledge Graph edges), hypotheses targeting it, analyses mentioning it, and supporting scientific papers. The interactive graph below shows its immediate neighbors. All content is AI-synthesized from peer-reviewed literature.
PEX13 encodes peroxin-13, a critical component of the peroxisomal import machinery essential for peroxisome biogenesis. Mutations cause peroxisome biogenesis disorders with severe neurological manifestations.
| Gene Symbol | PEX13 |
| Full Name | Peroxisome Biogenesis Factor 13 |
| Aliases | Peroxin-13 |
| Chromosome | 2p15 |
| Protein Family | SH3 domain-containing proteins, Peroxin family |
| Function | Cargo recognition: PEX5 recognizes proteins containing the PTS1 signal (SKL motif or variant) in the cytosol. |
| Molecular Weight | 54 kDa |
| Amino Acids | 489 aa |
| UniProt ID | Q9UKV0 |
| NCBI Gene ID | 5194 |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000131828 |
| OMIM | 603773 |
| GeneCards | PEX13 |
| Human Protein Atlas | PEX13 |
| Encoded Protein | Peroxin-13 (489 amino acids) |
| Associated Diseases | neurodegeneration |
| KG Connections | 8 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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N5["PPP1CA"]
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N6["VPS29"]
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N7["VPS35"]
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class N8 geneHypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target
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