Extracellular matrix protein 2

Extracellular matrix protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ECM2 gene.^[5][6]

ECM2
Identifiers
Aliases	ECM2, extracellular matrix protein 2
External IDs	OMIM: 603479; MGI: 3039578; HomoloGene: 1064; GeneCards: ECM2; OMA:ECM2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 9 (human)[1] Band 9q22.31 Start 92,493,554 bp[1] End 92,536,655 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 13 (mouse)[2] Band 13|13 A5 Start 49,658,286 bp[2] End 49,686,265 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in Achilles tendon synovial joint right coronary artery parietal pleura skin of hip tibia vena cava germinal epithelium Descending thoracic aorta ascending aorta Top expressed in esophagus aorta muscle of thigh ascending aorta lumbar spinal ganglion lip extraocular muscle aortic valve interventricular septum soleus muscle More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function collagen V binding integrin binding heparin binding collagen binding Cellular component extracellular region interstitial matrix extracellular space extracellular matrix Biological process cell-matrix adhesion extracellular matrix organization axonogenesis positive regulation of cell-substrate adhesion Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 1842 407800 Ensembl ENSG00000106823 ENSMUSG00000043631 UniProt O94769 Q5FW85 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001393 NM_001197295 NM_001197296 NM_001012324 RefSeq (protein) NP_001184224 NP_001184225 NP_001384 NP_001012324 Location (UCSC) Chr 9: 92.49 – 92.54 Mb Chr 13: 49.66 – 49.69 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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ECM2 encodes extracellular matrix protein 2, so named because it shares extensive similarity with known extracellular matrix proteins.^[6]