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Facts about Mucin-2.
Major constituent of both the outer and inner mucus layers of the colon and may play a role in excluding bacteria from the inner mucus layer. .
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Gene Name: | MUC2 |
Uniprot: | Q02817 |
Entrez: | 4583 |
Belongs to: |
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No superfamily |
Intestinal mucin-2; MLP; MUC-2; mucin 2, intestinal/tracheal; mucin 2, oligomeric mucus/gel-forming; mucin-2; mucin-like protein; SMUC
Mass (kDA):
540.3 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 11p15.5 |
Sequence: | 11; NC_000011.10 (1074875..1110508) |
Colon, small intestine, colonic tumors, bronchus, cervix and gall bladder.
Secreted. In the intestine, secreted into the inner and outer mucus layers.
PMID: 8300571 by Gum J.R. Jr., et al. Molecular cloning of human intestinal mucin (MUC2) cDNA. Identification of the amino terminus and overall sequence similarity to prepro-von Willebrand factor.
PMID: 1400449 by Gum J.R. Jr., et al. The human MUC2 intestinal mucin has cysteine-rich subdomains located both upstream and downstream of its central repetitive region.
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