LECT2

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Leukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin 2
Identifiers
Symbols LECT2; MGC126628; chm-II; chm2
External IDs OMIM602882 MGI1278342 HomoloGene1730 GeneCards: LECT2 Gene
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 3950 16841
Ensembl ENSG00000145826 ENSMUSG00000021539
UniProt O14960 Q3V287
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_002302 NM_010702.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_002293 NP_034832.2
Location (UCSC) Chr 5:
135.26 – 135.29 Mb
Chr 13:
56.64 – 56.65 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Leukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LECT2 gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes a secreted, 16 kDa protein that acts as a chemotactic factor to neutrophils and stimulates the growth of chondrocytes and osteoblasts. This protein has high sequence similarity to the chondromodulin repeat regions of the chicken myb-induced myeloid 1 protein. A polymorphism in this gene may be associated with rheumatoid arthritis.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Yamagoe S, Kameoka Y, Hashimoto K, Mizuno S, Suzuki K (Jun 1998). "Molecular cloning, structural characterization, and chromosomal mapping of the human LECT2 gene". Genomics 48 (3): 324–9. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.5198. PMID 9545637. 
  2. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: LECT2 leukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin 2". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=3950. 

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