AGR2

Anterior gradient homolog 2 (Xenopus laevis)
Identifiers
Symbols AGR2; AG2; GOB-4; HAG-2; PDIA17; XAG-2
External IDs OMIM606358 MGI1344405 HomoloGene4674 GeneCards: AGR2 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 10551 23795
Ensembl ENSG00000106541 ENSMUSG00000020581
UniProt O95994 O88312
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_006408 NM_011783.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_006399 NP_035913.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 7:
16.83 – 16.87 Mb
Chr 12:
36.72 – 36.73 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Anterior gradient homolog 2 (AGR2) is a human protein originally discovered in Xenopus laevis, encoded for by the gene of the same name.[1] In Xenopus AGR2 plays a role in cement gland differentiation[2], however in human cancer cell lines high levels of AGR2 correlate with downregulation of the p53 response and AGR2 levels are elevated in the preneoplastic tissue Barrett's oesophagus.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Entrez Gene: AGR2 anterior gradient homolog 2 (Xenopus laevis)". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=10551. 
  2. ^ Aberger, F., Weidinger, G., Grunz, H., Richter, K. (1998). "Anterior specification of embryonic ectoderm: the role of the Xenopus cement gland-specific gene XAG-2". Mech. Dev. 72 (1–2): 115–130. doi:10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00021-5. PMID 9533957. 
  3. ^ Elizabeth Pohler, Ashley L. Craig, James Cotton, Laura Lawrie, John F. Dillon, Pete Ross, Neil Kernohan and Ted R. Hupp (2004). "The Barrett’s Antigen Anterior Gradient-2 Silences the p53 Transcriptional Response to DNA Damage". Molecular and Cellular Proteomics 3 (6): 534–547. doi:10.1074/mcp.M300089-MCP200. PMID 14967811. 

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