Shroom family member 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SHROOM2 gene. [5]
Function
editThis gene represents the human homolog of Xenopus laevis apical protein (APX) gene, which is implicated in amiloride-sensitive sodium channel activity. It is expressed in endothelial cells and facilitates the formation of a contractile network within endothelial cells.
Depletion of this gene results in an increase in endothelial sprouting, migration, and angiogenesis. This gene is highly expressed in the retina, and is a strong candidate for ocular albinism type 1 syndrome. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2016].
References
edit- ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000146950 – Ensembl, May 2017
- ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000045180 – Ensembl, May 2017
- ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ^ "Entrez Gene: Shroom family member 2". Retrieved 2017-11-05.
Further reading
edit- Farber MJ, Rizaldy R, Hildebrand JD (2011). "Shroom2 regulates contractility to control endothelial morphogenesis". Mol. Biol. Cell. 22 (6): 795–805. doi:10.1091/mbc.E10-06-0505. PMC 3057704. PMID 21248203.
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