MUC2

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Mucin 2, oligomeric mucus/gel-forming
Identifiers
SymbolsMUC2; MLP; MUC-2; SMUC
External IDsOMIM: 158370 MGI: 1339364 HomoloGene: 130504 GeneCards: MUC2 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez458317831
EnsemblENSG00000198788ENSMUSG00000078533
UniProtQ02817Q80Z19
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_002457NM_023566.2
RefSeq (protein)NP_002448XP_003688887.1
Location (UCSC)Chr 11:
1.07 – 1.1 Mb
Chr 7:
148.93 – 148.94 Mb
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Mucin 2, oligomeric mucus/gel-forming, also known as MUC2, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MUC2 gene.[1][2]

Function

This gene encodes a member of the mucin protein family. The protein encoded by this gene, also called mucin 2, is secreted onto mucosal surfaces.[1]

Mucin 2 is particularly prominent in the gut where it is secreted from goblet cells in the epithelial lining into the lumen of the large intestine. There, mucin 2, along with small amounts of related-mucin proteins, polymerizes into a gel of which 80% by weight is oligosaccharide side-chains that are added as post-translational modifications to the mucin proteins. This gel provides an insoluble mucous barrier that serves to protect the intestinal epithelium.

Genetics

The mucin 2 protein features a central domain containing tandem repeats rich in threonine and proline that varies between 50 and 115 copies in different individuals. Alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been described, but their full-length nature is not known.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Allen A, Hutton DA, Pearson JP (July 1998). "The MUC2 gene product: a human intestinal mucin". Int. J. Biochem. Cell Biol. 30 (7): 797–801. doi:10.1016/S1357-2725(98)00028-4. PMID 9722984. 
  2. Rousseau K, Byrne C, Kim YS, Gum JR, Swallow DM, Toribara NW (May 2004). "The complete genomic organization of the human MUC6 and MUC2 mucin genes". Genomics 83 (5): 936–9. doi:10.1016/j.ygeno.2003.11.003. PMID 15081123. 
  3. "Entrez Gene: MUC2 mucin 2, oligomeric mucus/gel-forming". 

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