MAGEA2

Melanoma-associated antigen 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAGEA2 gene.[3][4][5]

MAGEA2
Identifiers
AliasesMAGEA2, CT1.2, MAGE2, MAGEA2A, MAGE family member A2
External IDsOMIM: 300173 HomoloGene: 18781 GeneCards: MAGEA2
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

4101

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Ensembl

ENSG00000268606

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UniProt

P43356

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RefSeq (mRNA)

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RefSeq (protein)

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Location (UCSC)Chr X: 152.75 – 152.75 Mbn/a
PubMed search[2]n/a
Wikidata
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This gene is a member of the MAGEA gene family. The members of this family encode proteins with 50 to 80% sequence identity to each other. The promoters and first exons of the MAGEA genes show considerable variability, suggesting that the existence of this gene family enables the same function to be expressed under different transcriptional controls. The MAGEA genes are clustered at chromosomal location Xq28. They have been implicated in some hereditary disorders, such as dyskeratosis congenita. This gene has two identical copies at different loci. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been identified for this gene.[5]

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000268606 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. van der Bruggen P, Traversari C, Chomez P, Lurquin C, De Plaen E, Van den Eynde B, Knuth A, Boon T (Jan 1992). "A gene encoding an antigen recognized by cytolytic T lymphocytes on a human melanoma". Science. 254 (5038): 1643–7. doi:10.1126/science.1840703. PMID 1840703.
  4. Rogner UC, Wilke K, Steck E, Korn B, Poustka A (Mar 1996). "The melanoma antigen gene (MAGE) family is clustered in the chromosomal band Xq28". Genomics. 29 (3): 725–31. doi:10.1006/geno.1995.9945. PMID 8575766.
  5. "Entrez Gene: MAGEA2 melanoma antigen family A, 2".

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