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ELMO2

Engulfment and cell motility protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ELMO2 gene.

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ELMO2
Identifiers
AliasesELMO2, CED-12, CED12, ELMO-2, Ced-12A, engulfment and cell motility 2, VMPI
External IDsOMIM: 606421; MGI: 2153045; HomoloGene: 44338; GeneCards: ELMO2; OMA:ELMO2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_022086
NM_133171
NM_182764
NM_001318253

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001305182
NP_573403
NP_877496

NP_001289681
NP_001289683
NP_525026
NP_997589

Location (UCSC)Chr 20: 46.37 – 46.43 MbChr 2: 165.13 – 165.17 Mb
PubMed search34
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Engulfment and cell motility protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ELMO2 gene.56

The protein encoded by this gene interacts with the dedicator of cyto-kinesis 1 protein. Similarity to a C. elegans protein suggests that this protein may function in phagocytosis of apoptotic cells and in cell migration. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding the same protein.6

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000062598Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000017670Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Gumienny TL, Brugnera E, Tosello-Trampont AC, Kinchen JM, Haney LB, Nishiwaki K, Walk SF, Nemergut ME, Macara IG, Francis R, Schedl T, Qin Y, Van Aelst L, Hengartner MO, Ravichandran KS (Oct 2001). "CED-12/ELMO, a novel member of the CrkII/Dock180/Rac pathway, is required for phagocytosis and cell migration" (PDF). Cell. 107 (1): 27–41. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(01)00520-7. PMID 11595183. S2CID 15232864. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  6. "Entrez Gene: ELMO2 engulfment and cell motility 2".
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