PIEZO2

Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 2
Identifiers
Symbols PIEZO2 ; C18orf30; C18orf58; DA3; DA5; FAM38B; FAM38B2; HsT748; HsT771; MWKS
External IDs OMIM: 613629 HomoloGene: 49695 GeneCards: PIEZO2 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 63895 667742
Ensembl ENSG00000154864 ENSMUSG00000041482
UniProt Q9H5I5 Q8CD54
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_022068 NM_001039485
RefSeq (protein) NP_071351 NP_001034574
Location (UCSC) Chr 18:
10.67 – 11.15 Mb
Chr 18:
63.01 – 63.39 Mb
PubMed search

Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PIEZO2 gene. [1]

Function

Piezos are large transmembrane proteins conserved among various species, all having between 24 and 36 predicted transmembrane domains. 'Piezo' comes from the Greek 'piesi,' meaning 'pressure.' The PIEZO2 protein has a role in rapidly adapting mechanically activated (MA) currents in somatosensory neurons (Coste et al., 2010 [PubMed 20813920]).[supplied by OMIM, Nov 2010].

Pathology

References

  1. "Entrez Gene: Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 2". Retrieved 2013-08-06.
  2. Coste, B.; Houge, G.; Murray, M. F.; Stitziel, N.; Bandell, M.; Giovanni, M. A.; Philippakis, A.; Hoischen, A.; Riemer, G.; Steen, U.; Steen, V. M.; Mathur, J.; Cox, J.; Lebo, M.; Rehm, H.; Weiss, S. T.; Wood, J. N.; Maas, R. L.; Sunyaev, S. R.; Patapoutian, A. (2013). "Gain-of-function mutations in the mechanically activated ion channel PIEZO2 cause a subtype of Distal Arthrogryposis". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (12): 4667–4672. doi:10.1073/pnas.1221400110. PMC 3607045. PMID 23487782.
  3. McMillin, M. J.; Beck, A. E.; Chong, J. X.; Shively, K. M.; Buckingham, K. J.; Gildersleeve, H. I. S.; Aracena, M. I.; Aylsworth, A. S.; Bitoun, P.; Carey, J. C.; Clericuzio, C. L.; Crow, Y. J.; Curry, C. J.; Devriendt, K.; Everman, D. B.; Fryer, A.; Gibson, K.; Giovannucci Uzielli, M. L.; Graham, J. M.; Hall, J. G.; Hecht, J. T.; Heidenreich, R. A.; Hurst, J. A.; Irani, S.; Krapels, I. P. C.; Leroy, J. G.; Mowat, D.; Plant, G. T.; Robertson, S. P.; et al. (2014). "Mutations in PIEZO2 Cause Gordon Syndrome, Marden-Walker Syndrome, and Distal Arthrogryposis Type 5". The American Journal of Human Genetics. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.03.015.

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