SULF2

Sulfatase 2
Identifiers
Symbols SULF2; DKFZp313E091; FLJ44488; FLJ90554; HSULF-2; KIAA1247; MGC126411
External IDs OMIM610013 MGI1919293 HomoloGene10313 GeneCards: SULF2 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 55959 72043
Ensembl ENSG00000196562 ENSMUSG00000006800
UniProt Q8IWU5 Q3TNM3
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001161841.1 NM_028072.4
RefSeq (protein) NP_001155313.1 NP_082348.2
Location (UCSC) Chr 20:
46.29 – 46.42 Mb
Chr 2:
165.9 – 165.98 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Extracellular sulfatase Sulf-2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the SULF2 gene.[1][2]

Heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) act as coreceptors for numerous heparin-binding growth factors and cytokines and are involved in cell signaling. Heparan sulfate 6-O-endosulfatases, such as SULF2, selectively remove 6-O-sulfate groups from heparan sulfate. This activity modulates the effects of heparan sulfate by altering binding sites for signaling molecules (Dai et al., 2005).[supplied by OMIM][2]

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