ADAM2

ADAM metallopeptidase domain 2
Identifiers
SymbolsADAM2 ; CRYN1; CRYN2; CT15; FTNB; PH-30b; PH30; PH30-beta
External IDsOMIM: 601533 MGI: 1340894 HomoloGene: 1127 IUPHAR: 1651 GeneCards: ADAM2 Gene
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Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez251511495
EnsemblENSG00000104755ENSMUSG00000022039
UniProtQ99965Q60718
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001278113NM_009618
RefSeq (protein)NP_001265042NP_033748
Location (UCSC)Chr 8:
39.6 – 39.7 Mb
Chr 14:
66.03 – 66.08 Mb
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Disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain-containing protein 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ADAM2 gene.[1][2][3]

This gene encodes a member of the ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloprotease domain) family. Members of this family are membrane-anchored proteins structurally related to snake venom disintegrins, and have been implicated in a variety of biological processes involving cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions, including fertilization, muscle development, and neurogenesis. This member is a subunit of an integral sperm membrane glycoprotein called fertilin, which plays an important role in sperm-egg interactions.[3]

References

  1. Gupta SK, Alves K, Palladino LO, Mark GE, Hollis GF (Aug 1996). "Molecular cloning of the human fertilin beta subunit". Biochem Biophys Res Commun 224 (2): 318–26. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1996.1027. PMID 8702389.
  2. Burkin HR, Burkin DJ, Davey PM, Griffin DK, Affara NA (Jun 1997). "Mapping, sequence, and expression analysis of the human fertilin beta gene (FTNB)". Genomics 40 (1): 190–2. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.4531. PMID 9070941.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: ADAM2 ADAM metallopeptidase domain 2 (fertilin beta)".

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