MUC5AC

Mucin 5AC, oligomeric mucus/gel-forming
Identifiers
Symbols	MUC5AC; MUC5; TBM; leB
External IDs	OMIM: 158373 HomoloGene: 88249 GeneCards: MUC5AC Gene
Gene Ontology Molecular function • extracellular matrix structural constituent Cellular component • extracellular region • fibril Biological process • cell adhesion • digestion • fibril organization
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	4586	n/a
Ensembl	n/a	n/a
UniProt	n/a	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	XM_003119481.1	n/a
RefSeq (protein)	XP_003119529.1	n/a
Location (UCSC)	n/a	n/a
PubMed search	[1]	n/a

Mucin-5AC is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MUC5AC gene.

Further reading

• Meezaman D, Charles P, Daskal E, et al. (1994). "Cloning and analysis of cDNA encoding a major airway glycoprotein, human tracheobronchial mucin (MUC5)". J. Biol. Chem. 269 (17): 12932–9. PMID 7513696. 
• Lesuffleur T, Roche F, Hill AS, et al. (1995). "Characterization of a mucin cDNA clone isolated from HT-29 mucus-secreting cells. The 3' end of MUC5AC?". J. Biol. Chem. 270 (23): 13665–73. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.23.13665. PMID 7775418. 
• Klomp LW, Van Rens L, Strous GJ (1997). "Cloning and analysis of human gastric mucin cDNA reveals two types of conserved cysteine-rich domains". Biochem. J. 308 ( Pt 3) (Pt 3): 831–8. PMC 1136799. PMID 8948439. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1136799. 
• Li D, Gallup M, Fan N, et al. (1998). "Cloning of the amino-terminal and 5'-flanking region of the human MUC5AC mucin gene and transcriptional up-regulation by bacterial exoproducts". J. Biol. Chem. 273 (12): 6812–20. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.12.6812. PMID 9506983. 
• Buisine MP, Desseyn JL, Porchet N, et al. (1998). "Genomic organization of the 3'-region of the human MUC5AC mucin gene: additional evidence for a common ancestral gene for the 11p15.5 mucin gene family". Biochem. J. 332 ( Pt 3) (Pt 3): 729–38. PMC 1219534. PMID 9620876. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1219534. 
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• Escande F, Aubert JP, Porchet N, Buisine MP (2001). "Human mucin gene MUC5AC: organization of its 5'-region and central repetitive region". Biochem. J. 358 (Pt 3): 763–72. doi:10.1042/0264-6021:3580763. PMC 1222110. PMID 11535137. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1222110. 
• Fischer BM, Voynow JA (2002). "Neutrophil elastase induces MUC5AC gene expression in airway epithelium via a pathway involving reactive oxygen species". Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 26 (4): 447–52. PMID 11919081. 
• Nordman H, Davies JR, Lindell G, et al. (2002). "Gastric MUC5AC and MUC6 are large oligomeric mucins that differ in size, glycosylation and tissue distribution". Biochem. J. 364 (Pt 1): 191–200. PMC 1222561. PMID 11988092. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1222561. 
• Nollet S, Forgue-Lafitte ME, Kirkham P, Bara J (2002). "Mapping of two new epitopes on the apomucin encoded by MUC5AC gene: expression in normal GI tract and colon tumors". Int. J. Cancer 99 (3): 336–43. doi:10.1002/ijc.10335. PMID 11992401. 
• Koo JS, Kim YD, Jetten AM, et al. (2002). "Overexpression of mucin genes induced by interleukin-1 beta, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, lipopolysaccharide, and neutrophil elastase is inhibited by a retinoic acid receptor alpha antagonist". Exp. Lung Res. 28 (4): 315–32. doi:10.1080/01902140252964393. PMID 12042033. 
• Guo JM, Zhang Y, Cheng L, et al. (2002). "Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel member of the UDP-GalNAc:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase family, pp-GalNAc-T12". FEBS Lett. 524 (1–3): 211–8. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(02)03007-7. PMID 12135769. 
• Kim GE, Bae HI, Park HU, et al. (2002). "Aberrant expression of MUC5AC and MUC6 gastric mucins and sialyl Tn antigen in intraepithelial neoplasms of the pancreas". Gastroenterology 123 (4): 1052–60. doi:10.1053/gast.2002.36018. PMID 12360467. 
• Kim YD, Kwon EJ, Park DW, et al. (2002). "Interleukin-1beta induces MUC2 and MUC5AC synthesis through cyclooxygenase-2 in NCI-H292 cells". Mol. Pharmacol. 62 (5): 1112–8. doi:10.1124/mol.62.5.1112. PMID 12391274. 
• Cheng L, Tachibana K, Zhang Y, et al. (2002). "Characterization of a novel human UDP-GalNAc transferase, pp-GalNAc-T10". FEBS Lett. 531 (2): 115–21. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(02)03399-9. PMID 12417297. 
• Baldus SE, Mönig SP, Arkenau V, et al. (2003). "Correlation of MUC5AC immunoreactivity with histopathological subtypes and prognosis of gastric carcinoma". Ann. Surg. Oncol. 9 (9): 887–93. doi:10.1007/BF02557526. PMID 12417511.