Butyrophilin, subfamily 2, member A2

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BTN2A2
Identifiers
AliasesBTN2A2, BT2.2, BTF2, BTN2.2, Butyrophilin, subfamily 2, member A2, butyrophilin subfamily 2 member A2
External IDsOMIM: 613591 MGI: 3606486 HomoloGene: 56012 GeneCards: BTN2A2
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001289614
NM_001289615
NM_175938

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001276543
NP_001276544
NP_787952

Location (UCSC)Chr 6: 26.38 – 26.39 MbChr 13: 23.66 – 23.67 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Butyrophilin subfamily 2 member A2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BTN2A2 gene.[5][6][7]

Function[edit]

Butyrophilin is the major protein associated with fat droplets in the milk. This gene is a member of the BTN2 subfamily of genes, which encode proteins belonging to the butyrophilin protein family. The gene is located in a cluster on chromosome 6, consisting of seven genes belonging to the expanding B7/butyrophilin-like group, a subset of the immunoglobulin gene superfamily. The encoded protein is a type 1 receptor glycoprotein involved in lipid, fatty-acid and sterol metabolism. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been described, but the full-length nature of some variants has not been determined.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000124508Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000053216Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Henry J, Miller MM, Pontarotti P (June 1999). "Structure and evolution of the extended B7 family". Immunology Today. 20 (6): 285–8. doi:10.1016/S0167-5699(98)01418-2. PMID 10354554.
  6. ^ Ruddy DA, Kronmal GS, Lee VK, Mintier GA, Quintana L, Domingo R, Meyer NC, Irrinki A, McClelland EE, Fullan A, Mapa FA, Moore T, Thomas W, Loeb DB, Harmon C, Tsuchihashi Z, Wolff RK, Schatzman RC, Feder JN (May 1997). "A 1.1-Mb transcript map of the hereditary hemochromatosis locus". Genome Research. 7 (5): 441–56. doi:10.1101/gr.7.5.441. PMID 9149941.
  7. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: BTN2A2 butyrophilin, subfamily 2, member A2".

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