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Shroom family member 2

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Shroom family member 2
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Shroom family member 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SHROOM2 gene. [5]

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This gene represents the human homolog of Xenopus laevis apical protein (APX) gene, which is implicated in amiloride-sensitive sodium channel activity. It is expressed in endothelial cells and facilitates the formation of a contractile network within endothelial cells.

Depletion of this gene results in an increase in endothelial sprouting, migration, and angiogenesis. This gene is highly expressed in the retina, and is a strong candidate for ocular albinism type 1 syndrome. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2016].

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