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GeneQ18033495· pop 6· linked from 3 articles

Also known as FOAP-4, GPI-80, vanin 2

Vascular non-inflammatory molecule 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the VNN2 gene.

Gene data

VNN2
Name
vanin 2
Type
protein-coding
Aliases
FOAP-4, GPI-80

This gene product is a member of the Vanin family of proteins that share extensive sequence similarity with each other, and also with biotinidase. The family includes secreted and membrane-associated proteins, a few of which have been reported to participate in hematopoietic cell trafficking. No biotinidase activity has been demonstrated for any of the vanin proteins, however, they possess pantetheinase activity, which may play a role in oxidative-stress response. The encoded protein is a GPI-anchored cell surface molecule that plays a role in transendothelial migration of neutrophils. This gene lies in close proximity to, and in same transcriptional orientation as two other vanin genes on chromosome 6q23-q24. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, May 2011].

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vanin 2

Symbol
VNN2
Biotype
Protein coding
Organism
Homo sapiens
Location
6:132,743,870-132,763,466
Strand
Reverse (−)
Assembly
GRCh38
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HomoloGene ID
130041
genomic end
133084598
genomic start
133065009
cytogenetic location
6q23.2
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Vascular non-inflammatory molecule 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the VNN2 gene.

This gene product is a member of the Vanin family of proteins which share extensive sequence similarity with each other, and also with biotinidase. The family includes secreted and membrane-associated proteins, a few of which have been reported to participate in hematopoietic cell trafficking. No biotinidase activity has been demonstrated for any of the vanin proteins, however, they possess pantetheinase activity, which may play a role in oxidative-stress response.

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