BEST2

BEST2
Identifiers
Aliases BEST2, VMD2L1, bestrophin 2
External IDs MGI: 2387588 HomoloGene: 41187 GeneCards: BEST2
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

54831

212989

Ensembl

ENSG00000039987

ENSMUSG00000052819

UniProt

Q8NFU1

Q8BGM5

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_017682

NM_001130194

RefSeq (protein)

NP_060152.2

NP_001123666.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 19: 12.75 – 12.76 Mb Chr 8: 85.01 – 85.01 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
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Bestrophin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BEST2 gene.[3][4][5]

Function

This gene is a member of the bestrophin gene family of anion channels. Bestrophin genes share a similar gene structure with highly conserved exon-intron boundaries, but with distinct 3' ends. Bestrophins are transmembrane proteins that contain a homologous region rich in aromatic residues, including an invariant arg-phe-pro motif. Mutation in one of the family members (bestrophin 1) is associated with vitelliform macular dystrophy. The bestrophin 2 gene is mainly expressed in the non-pigmented ciliary epithelium and colon.[5][6]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Stohr H, Marquardt A, Nanda I, Schmid M, Weber BH (May 2002). "Three novel human VMD2-like genes are members of the evolutionary highly conserved RFP-TM family". Eur J Hum Genet. 10 (4): 281–284. doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200796. PMID 12032738.
  4. Pifferi S, Pascarella G, Boccaccio A, Mazzatenta A, Gustincich S, Menini A, Zucchelli S (Aug 2006). "Bestrophin-2 is a candidate calcium-activated chloride channel involved in olfactory transduction". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 103 (34): 12929–12934. doi:10.1073/pnas.0604505103. PMC 1568948Freely accessible. PMID 16912113.
  5. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: BEST2 bestrophin 2".
  6. Marmorstein AD, Cross HE, Peachey NS (May 2009). "Functional roles of bestrophins in ocular epithelia". Prog Retin Eye Res. 28 (3): 206–226. doi:10.1016/j.preteyeres.2009.04.004. PMC 2740978Freely accessible. PMID 19398034.

Further reading


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