PIEZO2

Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 2
Identifiers
SymbolsPIEZO2 ; C18orf30; C18orf58; FAM38B; FAM38B2; HsT748; HsT771
External IDsOMIM: 613629 HomoloGene: 49695 GeneCards: PIEZO2 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez63895667742
EnsemblENSG00000154864ENSMUSG00000041482
UniProtQ9H5I5Q8CD54
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_022068NM_001039485
RefSeq (protein)NP_071351NP_001034574
Location (UCSC)Chr 18:
10.67 – 11.15 Mb
Chr 18:
63.01 – 63.39 Mb
PubMed search

Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PIEZO2 gene. [1]

Function

Piezos are large transmembrane proteins conserved among various species, all having between 24 and 36 predicted transmembrane domains. 'Piezo' comes from the Greek 'piesi,' meaning 'pressure.' The PIEZO2 protein has a role in rapidly adapting mechanically activated (MA) currents in somatosensory neurons (Coste et al., 2010 [PubMed 20813920]).[supplied by OMIM, Nov 2010].

Pathology

References

  1. "Entrez Gene: Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 2". Retrieved 2013-08-06.
  2. Coste, B.; Houge, G.; Murray, M. F.; Stitziel, N.; Bandell, M.; Giovanni, M. A.; Philippakis, A.; Hoischen, A.; Riemer, G.; Steen, U.; Steen, V. M.; Mathur, J.; Cox, J.; Lebo, M.; Rehm, H.; Weiss, S. T.; Wood, J. N.; Maas, R. L.; Sunyaev, S. R.; Patapoutian, A. (2013). "Gain-of-function mutations in the mechanically activated ion channel PIEZO2 cause a subtype of Distal Arthrogryposis". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (12): 4667–4672. doi:10.1073/pnas.1221400110. PMC 3607045. PMID 23487782.
  3. McMillin, M. J.; Beck, A. E.; Chong, J. X.; Shively, K. M.; Buckingham, K. J.; Gildersleeve, H. I. S.; Aracena, M. I.; Aylsworth, A. S.; Bitoun, P.; Carey, J. C.; Clericuzio, C. L.; Crow, Y. J.; Curry, C. J.; Devriendt, K.; Everman, D. B.; Fryer, A.; Gibson, K.; Giovannucci Uzielli, M. L.; Graham, J. M.; Hall, J. G.; Hecht, J. T.; Heidenreich, R. A.; Hurst, J. A.; Irani, S.; Krapels, I. P. C.; Leroy, J. G.; Mowat, D.; Plant, G. T.; Robertson, S. P. et al. (2014). "Mutations in PIEZO2 Cause Gordon Syndrome, Marden-Walker Syndrome, and Distal Arthrogryposis Type 5". The American Journal of Human Genetics. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.03.015.

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.