Mucin 7

"MUC7" redirects here. For the MUC-7 conference, see Message Understanding Conference.

Mucin-7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MUC7 gene.^[3][4] In animals, the MUC7 gene is found in most placental mammals, but not marsupials.^[5]

MUC7
Identifiers
Aliases	MUC7, MG2, mucin 7, secreted
External IDs	OMIM: 158375; HomoloGene: 133350; GeneCards: MUC7; OMA:MUC7 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 4 (human)[1] Band 4q13.3 Start 70,430,492 bp[1] End 70,482,997 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in trachea parotid gland minor salivary glands olfactory zone of nasal mucosa skin of thigh testicle palpebral conjunctiva amniotic fluid tongue right lung n/a More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function protein binding Cellular component Golgi lumen extracellular region extracellular exosome plasma membrane Biological process O-glycan processing stimulatory C-type lectin receptor signaling pathway antimicrobial humoral immune response mediated by antimicrobial peptide Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 4589 n/a Ensembl ENSG00000171195 n/a UniProt Q8TAX7 n/a RefSeq (mRNA) NM_152291 NM_001145006 NM_001145007 n/a RefSeq (protein) NP_001138478 NP_001138479 NP_689504 n/a Location (UCSC) Chr 4: 70.43 – 70.48 Mb n/a PubMed search [2] n/a
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Human variations

Humans carry either a five or six tandem repeat version of the gene. In other primates, the number of repeats found is 4-5 for gorillas, 5 for chimpanzees, 6-7 for orangutans, 8-10 for macaques, 10-11 for baboons and 11-12 for green monkeys.^[5]