LYPD1

Also known as LYPDC1, PHTS, LY6/PLAUR domain containing 1

Ly6/PLAUR domain-containing protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LYPD1 gene.

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LYPD1

Name: LY6/PLAUR domain containing 1
Type: protein-coding
Aliases: LYPDC1, PHTS

Predicted to enable acetylcholine receptor binding activity and acetylcholine receptor inhibitor activity. Predicted to be involved in acetylcholine receptor signaling pathway. Predicted to act upstream of or within several processes, including behavioral fear response; cholinergic synaptic transmission; and negative regulation of protein localization to plasma membrane. Predicted to be located in membrane. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

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LY6/PLAUR domain containing 1

Symbol: LYPD1
Biotype: Protein coding
Organism: Homo sapiens
Location: 2:132,640,803-132,671,579
Strand: Reverse (−)
Assembly: GRCh38

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HomoloGene ID: 16937
found in taxon: Homo sapiens
exact match: identifiers.org/ncbigene/116372
genomic end: 133429152
genomic start: 132643286
chromosome: human chromosome 2
cytogenetic location: 2q21.2
expressed in: anterior cingulate cortex

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Ly6/PLAUR domain-containing protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LYPD1 gene.

This protein is also known as Lynx2, a member of the Lynx family of neurotransmitter receptor-binding proteins. Transgenic mice without Lynx2 expression have increased anxiety-related behaviors.

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