Insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA-binding protein 2 (IGF2BP2)

RNA-binding factor that recruits target transcripts to cytoplasmic protein-RNA complexes (mRNPs). This transcript 'caging' into mRNPs allows mRNA transport and transient storage.

Additionally, it modulates the rate and location where target transcripts encounter the translational apparatus and shields them from endonuclease strikes or microRNA-mediated degradation (By similarity). Binds to the 5'-UTR of the insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) mRNAs.