Gene Information
Gene NameABCB11
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length1321
Protein NamesBile salt export pump (EC 7.6.2.-) (ATP-binding cassette sub-family B member 11)
Target Namebile salt export pump
Target TypeNA
Gene Age645 ( ENSG00000073734 )
3 ( ENSG00000276582 )
Evolutionary StageEuk+Bac
AlphaFoldDBO95342
Gene CardABCB11
Uniprot IDO95342
PfamPF00664; PF00005
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.466532613)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ ABCB11 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ ABCB11 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ ABCB11 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ ABCB11 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Abcb11 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ ABCB11 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Abcb11 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ ABCB11 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsABCB5, ABCB4, ABCB1
ParalogsABCB6, TAP1, ABCB4, ABCB9, ABCB8, TAP2, ABCB7, ABCB1, ABCB10, ABCB5
Tissueliver, testis
Tissue SpecificityExpressed predominantly, if not exclusively in the liver, where it was further localized to the canalicular microvilli and to subcanalicular vesicles of the hepatocytes by in situ.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 6LR0  (EM  3.50A  7DV5  (EM  3.70A  7E1A  (EM  3.66A 
DBSNP rs11568361  rs72551307  rs11568357  rs72551306  rs200739891  rs11568372  rs2287617  rs72551305  rs371656014  rs121908935  rs2287622  rs2287622  rs2287622  rs1274558905  rs369860506  rs72549402  rs11568369  rs886043807  rs11568367  rs11568370  rs912519986  rs11568364  rs376216286  rs138642043  rs118109635  rs777469571  rs72549400  rs761363245  rs72549399  rs72549398  rs756220860  rs72549395  rs1521808  rs72549394 
Subcellular location [CC]Apical cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15791618, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22262466};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000255}. Recycling endosome membrane {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O70127};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O70127}. Endosome {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O70127}. Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20010382, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22262466, ECO:0000269|PubMed:29507376, ECO:0000269|PubMed:30431138};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000255}. Note=Internalized at the canalicular membrane through interaction with the adapter protein complex 2 (AP-2) (PubMed:22262466). At steady state, localizes in the canalicular membrane but is also present in recycling endosomes. ABCB11 constantly and rapidly exchanges between the two sites through tubulo-vesicles carriers that move along microtubules. Microtubule-dependent trafficking of ABCB11 is enhanced by taurocholate and cAMP and regulated by STK11 through a PKA-mediated pathway. Trafficking of newly synthesized ABCB11 through endosomal compartment to the bile canalicular membrane is accelerated by cAMP but not by taurocholate (By similarity). Cell membrane expression is up-regulated by short- and medium-chain fatty acids (PubMed:20398791). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O70127, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20398791, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22262466}.
Mouse PG classificationHPG
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