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Facts about Ninjurin-2.
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Human | |
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Gene Name: | NINJ2 |
Uniprot: | Q9NZG7 |
Entrez: | 4815 |
Belongs to: |
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ninjurin family |
FLJ56349; Nerve injury-induced protein 2; NINJ2; ninjurin 2; Ninjurin2; Ninjurin-2
Mass (kDA):
15.68 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 12p13.33 |
Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (564296..663445, complement) |
Widely expressed. In adult, higher expression in the bone marrow and peripheral blood lymphocytes, medium in the lung, lymph node, thyroid, uterus, thymus, spleen, prostate and skeletal muscle, lower in the liver, placenta, brain, heart and kidney. In embryo, higher expression in the thymus, heart and liver, lower in the spleen, lung, brain and kidney.
Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.
PMID: 10627596 by Araki T., et al. Ninjurin2, a novel homophilic adhesion molecule, is expressed in mature sensory and enteric neurons and promotes neurite outgrowth.