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Facts about Chitinase-3-like protein 2.
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Human | |
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Gene Name: | CHI3L2 |
Uniprot: | Q15782 |
Entrez: | 1117 |
Belongs to: |
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glycosyl hydrolase 18 family |
CHI3L2; Chitinase 3 like 2; Chitinase 3-like 2; chitinase-3-like protein 2; Chondrocyte protein 39; YKL39; YKL-39YKL39
Mass (kDA):
43.501 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 1p13.2 |
Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (111227080..111243440) |
Highest expression in chondrocytes, followed by synoviocytes, lung and heart. Not detected in spleen, pancreas, and liver. May also be expressed in developing brain and placenta.
Secreted.
PMID: 8702629 by Hu B., et al. Isolation and sequence of a novel human chondrocyte protein related to mammalian members of the chitinase protein family.
PMID: 22742450 by Schimpl M., et al. Human YKL-39 is a pseudo-chitinase with retained chitooligosaccharide-binding properties.