Article · Wikipedia archive · Last revised Jun 27, 2026

RENBP

N-acylglucosamine 2-epimerase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the RENBP gene.

Last revised
Jun 27, 2026
Read time
≈ 4 min
Length
876 w
Citations
11
Source
RENBP
Identifiers
AliasesRENBP, RBP, RNBP, renin binding protein
External IDsOMIM: 312420; MGI: 105940; HomoloGene: 2184; GeneCards: RENBP; OMA:RENBP - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002910

NM_001164704
NM_023132

RefSeq (protein)

NP_002901

NP_001158176
NP_075621

Location (UCSC)Chr X: 153.94 – 153.94 MbChr X: 72.97 – 72.97 Mb
PubMed search34
Wikidata
View/Edit HumanView/Edit Mouse

N-acylglucosamine 2-epimerase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the RENBP gene.56

The gene product inhibits renin activity by forming a dimer with renin, a complex known as high molecular weight renin. The encoded protein contains a leucine zipper domain, which is essential for its dimerization with renin. The gene product can catalyze the interconversion of N-acetylglucosamine to N-acetylmannosamine, indicating that it is a GlcNAc 2-epimerase. Transcript variants utilizing alternative promoters have been described in the literature.6

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000102032Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000031387Ensembl, 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. Takahashi S, Inoue H, Miyake Y (Aug 1992). "The human gene for renin-binding protein". J Biol Chem. 267 (18): 13007–13. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)42374-5. PMID 1618798.
  6. "Entrez Gene: RENBP renin binding protein".
Further reading

Further reading