Oncomodulin 2

Oncomodulin 2, also known as OCM2, is a human gene that is similar to oncomodulin.^[5]

OCM2
Identifiers
Aliases	OCM2, OCM, LOC4951, oncomodulin 2, OM
External IDs	MGI: 97401; HomoloGene: 130549; GeneCards: OCM2; OMA:OCM2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 7 (human)[1] Band 7q21.3 Start 97,984,684 bp[1] End 97,991,169 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 5 (mouse)[2] Band 5 G2|5 82.85 cM Start 143,956,622 bp[2] End 143,963,488 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in testicle gonad bone marrow prefrontal cortex placenta primary visual cortex lymph node cell blood monocyte Top expressed in ileum jejunum cochlea epithelium of small intestine intestinal villus Ileal epithelium morula blastocyst secondary oocyte primary oocyte More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function metal ion binding calcium ion binding Cellular component nucleus cytoplasm Biological process regulation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 4951 18261 Ensembl ENSG00000135175 ENSMUSG00000029618 UniProt P0CE71 P51879 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_006188 NM_033039 RefSeq (protein) NP_006179 NP_149028 Location (UCSC) Chr 7: 97.98 – 97.99 Mb Chr 5: 143.96 – 143.96 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Oncomodulin is a high-affinity calcium ion-binding protein. It belongs to the superfamily of calmodulin proteins, also known as the EF-hand proteins. Oncomodulin 2 is an oncodevelopmental protein found in early embryonic cells in the placenta and also in tumors.^[5]