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Facts about Transmembrane channel-like protein 2.
Involved in mechanosensitive responses of the hair cells (By similarity). .
Human | |
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Gene Name: | TMC2 |
Uniprot: | Q8TDI7 |
Entrez: | 117532 |
Belongs to: |
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TMC family |
Transmembrane channel-like protein 2
Mass (kDA):
102.61 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 20p13 |
Sequence: | 20; NC_000020.11 (2536607..2641784) |
Detected in fetal cochlea.
Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Localized to the stereocilia of the cochlear hair cells.
PMID: 11850618 by Kurima K., et al. Dominant and recessive deafness caused by mutations of a novel gene, TMC1, required for cochlear hair-cell function.