TIMP2
Sign in to saveAlso known as CSC-21K, DDC8, TIMP metallopeptidase inhibitor 2
Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 2 (TIMP2) is a gene and a corresponding protein. The gene is a member of the TIMP gene family. The protein is thought to be a metastasis suppressor.
Gene data
TIMP2- Name
- TIMP metallopeptidase inhibitor 2
- Type
- protein-coding
- Position
- 78,852,977–78,925,387 (−)
- Aliases
- CSC-21K, DDC8
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000035862
- RefSeq RNA
- NM_003255.5
- RefSeq protein
- NP_003246.1
This gene is a member of the TIMP gene family. The proteins encoded by this gene family are natural inhibitors of the matrix metalloproteinases, a group of peptidases involved in degradation of the extracellular matrix. In addition to an inhibitory role against metalloproteinases, the encoded protein has a unique role among TIMP family members in its ability to directly suppress the proliferation of endothelial cells. As a result, the encoded protein may be critical to the maintenance of tissue homeostasis by suppressing the proliferation of quiescent tissues in response to angiogenic factors, and by inhibiting protease activity in tissues undergoing remodelling of the extracellular matrix. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].
Gene Ontology
Biological process
Molecular function
Pathways
via MyGene.info
Gene · Ensembl
TIMP metallopeptidase inhibitor 2
- Symbol
- TIMP2
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 17:78,852,977-78,925,396
- Strand
- Reverse (−)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Protein TIMP2 PDB 1bqq.png
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- HomoloGene ID
- 2444
- exact match
- identifiers.org/ncbigene/7077
- genomic start
- 76849059
- genomic end
- 76921469
- cytogenetic location
- 17q25.3
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Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 2 (TIMP2) is a gene and a corresponding protein. The gene is a member of the TIMP gene family. The protein is thought to be a metastasis suppressor.
== Function ==