| ID | Sequence | Length | GC content |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGAGCCGCCAUCUUGUGGGAGCAAAACCAACGCCUGGCUCGGAGCAGCA… | 1925 nt | 0.5506 | |
| GCCCGCGCGUGGACGGUUGGGAUUAGCGGCCGCGGGGGCCGGUGGGGGU… | 2020 nt | 0.5530 | |
| CUCGUUUCCCGAGGCCGCCCGCGCGUGGACGGUUGGGAUUAGCGGCCGC… | 2001 nt | 0.5582 | |
| AGAGCCGCCAUCUUGUGGGAGCAAAACCAACGCCUGGCUCGGAGCAGCA… | 1840 nt | 0.5402 |
ADP-ribosylation factor 1 (ARF1) is a member of the human ARF gene family. The family members encode small guanine nucleotide-binding proteins that stimulate the ADP-ribosyltransferase activity of cholera toxin and play a role in vesicular trafficking as activators of phospholipase D. The gene products, including 6 ARF proteins and 11 ARF-like proteins, constitute a family of the RAS superfamily. The ARF proteins are categorized as class I (ARF1, ARF2 and ARF3), class II (ARF4 and ARF5) and class III (ARF6), and members of each class share a common gene organization. The ARF1 protein is localized to the Golgi apparatus and has a central role in intra-Golgi transport. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
A study in human postmortem brain tissue demonstrated that the ARF1 was down-regulated in the motor cortex of alcoholic cases compared to controls, as identified through cDNA microarray profiling and Bayesian statistical analysis [Liu et al. DOI:10.1111/J.1471-4159.2004.02570.X].