Laminin, alpha 2

Laminin, alpha 2
Laminin, alpha 2
Identifiers
Symbols LAMA2; LAMM
External IDs OMIM156225 MGI99912 HomoloGene37306 GeneCards: LAMA2 Gene
RNA expression pattern
PBB GE LAMA2 205116 at tn.png
PBB GE LAMA2 213519 s at tn.png
PBB GE LAMA2 216840 s at tn.png
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 3908 16773
Ensembl ENSG00000196569 ENSMUSG00000019899
UniProt P24043 Q8C9J2
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_000426.3 NM_008481.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_000417.2 NP_032507.2
Location (UCSC) Chr 6:
129.2 – 129.84 Mb
Chr 10:
26.7 – 27.34 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Laminin subunit alpha-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LAMA2 gene.[1][2][3]

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Function

Laminin, an extracellular protein, is a major component of the basement membrane. It is thought to mediate the attachment, migration, and organization of cells into tissues during embryonic development by interacting with other extracellular matrix components. It is composed of three subunits, alpha, beta, and gamma, which are bound to each other by disulfide bonds into a cross-shaped molecule. This gene encodes the alpha 2 chain, which constitutes one of the subunits of laminin 2 (merosin) and laminin 4 (s-merosin). Mutations in this gene have been identified as the cause of congenital merosin-deficient muscular dystrophy. Two transcript variants encoding different proteins have been found for this gene.[3]

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