LECT2

Leukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin 2
Identifiers
Symbols LECT2 ; chm-II; chm2
External IDs OMIM: 602882 MGI: 1278342 HomoloGene: 1730 GeneCards: LECT2 Gene
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 3950 16841
Ensembl ENSG00000145826 ENSMUSG00000021539
UniProt O14960 O88803
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_002302 NM_010702
RefSeq (protein) NP_002293 NP_034832
Location (UCSC) Chr 5:
135.92 – 135.96 Mb
Chr 13:
56.54 – 56.55 Mb
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Leukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LECT2 gene,[1][2] and causes Lect2 amyloidosis.

This gene encodes a secreted, 16 kDa protein that acts as a chemotactic factor to neutrophils and stimulates the growth of chondrocytes and osteoblasts. This protein has high sequence similarity to the chondromodulin repeat regions of the chicken myb-induced myeloid 1 protein. A polymorphism in this gene may be associated with rheumatoid arthritis.[2]

References

  1. Yamagoe S, Kameoka Y, Hashimoto K, Mizuno S, Suzuki K (Jun 1998). "Molecular cloning, structural characterization, and chromosomal mapping of the human LECT2 gene". Genomics 48 (3): 324–9. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.5198. PMID 9545637.
  2. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: LECT2 leukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin 2".

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