User:JonSDSUGrad/Sandbox/TEST3 BCL2

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B-cell CLL/lymphoma 2
PDB rendering based on 2o2f.
Available structures: 2o2f
Identifiers
Symbol(s) BCL2; Bcl-2
External IDs OMIM: 151430 MGI88138 HomoloGene527
Orthologs
Human Mouse
Entrez 596 12043
Ensembl ENSG00000171791 ENSMUSG00000057329
Uniprot P10415 n/a
Refseq NM_000633 (mRNA)
NP_000624 (protein)
NM_009741 (mRNA)
NP_033871 (protein)
Location Chr 18: 58.94 - 59.14 Mb Chr 1: 108.37 - 108.54 Mb
Pubmed search [1] [2]

[edit] Summary

This gene encodes an integral outer mitochondrial membrane protein that blocks the apoptotic death of some cells such as lymphocytes. Constitutive expression of BCL2, such as in the case of translocation of BCL2 to Ig heavy chain locus, is thought to be the cause of follicular lymphoma. Two transcript variants, produced by alternate splicing, differ in their C-terminal ends.