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Facts about Exostosin-2.
Appears to be a tumor suppressor. Required for the exosomal release of SDCBP, CD63 and syndecan (PubMed:22660413).
Human | |
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Gene Name: | EXT2 |
Uniprot: | Q93063 |
Entrez: | 2132 |
Belongs to: |
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glycosyltransferase 47 family |
EC 2.4.1.224; EC 2.4.1.225; exostoses (multiple) 2; Exostosin 2; exostosin-2; EXT2; Glucuronosyl-N-acetylglucosaminyl-proteoglycan/N-acetylglucosaminyl-proteoglycan4-alpha-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase; Multiple Exostoses Protein 2; N-acetylglucosaminyl-proteoglycan 4-beta-glucuronosyltransferase; Putative tumor suppressor protein EXT2; SOTV
Mass (kDA):
82.255 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 11p11.2 |
Sequence: | 11; NC_000011.10 (44095659..44251981) |
Ubiquitous.
Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein. Golgi apparatus membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein. The EXT1/EXT2 complex is localized in the Golgi apparatus.
PMID: 8782816 by Stickens D.J., et al. The EXT2 multiple exostoses gene defines a family of putative tumour suppressor genes.
PMID: 8894688 by Wuyts W., et al. Positional cloning of a gene involved in hereditary multiple exostoses.