uroplakin 2
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Uroplakin-2 (UP2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the UPK2 gene.
Protein · UniProt
Uroplakin-2
- Gene
- UPK2
- Organism
- Homo sapiens (Human)
- Length
- 184 aa
- Molecular mass
- 19,438 Da
- Evidence
- 1: Evidence at protein level
Component of the asymmetric unit membrane (AUM); a highly specialized biomembrane elaborated by terminally differentiated urothelial cells. May play an important role in regulating the assembly of the AUM (By similarity)
Cell membraneCleavage on pair of basic residuesGlycoproteinMembraneProteomics identificationReference proteomeSignalTransmembrane
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Research
254 papersvia PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- protein
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- cell component
- extracellular exosome
- molecular function
- protein binding
- found in taxon
- Homo sapiens
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Uroplakin-2 (UP2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the UPK2 gene.
==References==
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