OSBPL2

Oxysterol binding protein-like 2
Identifiers
Symbols OSBPL2 ; DFNA67; DNFA67; ORP-2; ORP2
External IDs OMIM: 606731 MGI: 2442832 HomoloGene: 77324 GeneCards: OSBPL2 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 9885 228983
Ensembl ENSG00000130703 ENSMUSG00000039050
UniProt Q9H1P3 Q8BX94
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001001691 NM_144500
RefSeq (protein) NP_001265578 NP_653083
Location (UCSC) Chr 20:
62.23 – 62.3 Mb
Chr 2:
180.12 – 180.16 Mb
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Oxysterol-binding protein-related protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OSBPL2 gene.[1][2][3]

This gene encodes a member of the oxysterol-binding protein (OSBP) family, a group of intracellular lipid receptors. Most members contain an N-terminal pleckstrin homology domain and a highly conserved C-terminal OSBP-like sterol-binding domain, although some members contain only the sterol-binding domain. This encoded protein contains only the sterol-binding domain. In vitro studies have shown that the encoded protein can bind strongly to phosphatic acid and weakly to phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate, but cannot bind to 25-hydroxycholesterol. The protein associates with the Golgi apparatus. Transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described.[3]

References

  1. Laitinen S, Olkkonen VM, Ehnholm C, Ikonen E (Feb 2000). "Family of human oxysterol binding protein (OSBP) homologues. A novel member implicated in brain sterol metabolism". J Lipid Res 40 (12): 2204–11. PMID 10588946.
  2. Laitinen S, Lehto M, Lehtonen S, Hyvarinen K, Heino S, Lehtonen E, Ehnholm C, Ikonen E, Olkkonen VM (Feb 2002). "ORP2, a homolog of oxysterol binding protein, regulates cellular cholesterol metabolism". J Lipid Res 43 (2): 245–55. PMID 11861666.
  3. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: OSBPL2 oxysterol binding protein-like 2".

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