Organization:ITM2A

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Integral membrane protein 2A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ITM2A gene.[1][2][3][4]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is involved in osteo- and chondrogenic cellular differentiation (the cells which are responsible for the development of bone and cartilage respectively).[2]

ITM2A is also involved in activation of T-cells in the immune system[5] and in myocyte differentiation.[6]

References

  1. "Genomic organization and chromosomal localization of the Itm2a gene". Mamm Genome 10 (1): 54–6. Mar 1999. doi:10.1007/s003359900942. PMID 9892734. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Isolation of markers for chondro-osteogenic differentiation using cDNA library subtraction. Molecular cloning and characterization of a gene belonging to a novel multigene family of integral membrane proteins". J Biol Chem 271 (32): 19475–82. Sep 1996. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.32.19475. PMID 8702637. 
  3. "Entrez Gene: ITM2A integral membrane protein 2A". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=9452. 
  4. "Identification of genes expressed in human CD34+ hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells by expressed sequence tags and efficient full-length cDNA cloning". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 95 (14): 8175–80. July 1998. doi:10.1073/pnas.95.14.8175. PMID 9653160. Bibcode1998PNAS...95.8175M. 
  5. "Itm2a Is Induced during Thymocyte Selection and T Cell Activation and Causes Downregulation of Cd8 When Overexpressed in Cd4+Cd8+ Double Positive Thymocytes". J. Exp. Med. 190 (2): 217–28. July 1999. doi:10.1084/jem.190.2.217. PMID 10432285. 
  6. "Constitutive overexpression of the integral membrane protein Itm2A enhances myogenic differentiation of C2C12 cells". Cell Biol. Int. 28 (3): 199–207. 2004. doi:10.1016/j.cellbi.2003.11.019. PMID 14984746. 

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