SFRP2

Secreted frizzled-related protein 2
Identifiers
Symbols SFRP2 ; FRP-2; SARP1; SDF-5
External IDs OMIM: 604157 MGI: 108078 HomoloGene: 56438 GeneCards: SFRP2 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 6423 20319
Ensembl ENSG00000145423 ENSMUSG00000027996
UniProt Q96HF1 P97299
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_003013 NM_009144
RefSeq (protein) NP_003004 NP_033170
Location (UCSC) Chr 4:
153.78 – 153.79 Mb
Chr 3:
83.77 – 83.77 Mb
PubMed search

Secreted frizzled-related protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SFRP2 gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes a member of the SFRP family that contains a cysteine-rich domain homologous to the putative Wnt-binding site of Frizzled proteins. SFRPs act as soluble modulators of Wnt signaling. Methylation of this gene is a potential marker for the presence of colorectal cancer.[2]

References

  1. Melkonyan HS, Chang WC, Shapiro JP, Mahadevappa M, Fitzpatrick PA, Kiefer MC, Tomei LD, Umansky SR (Jan 1998). "SARPs: A family of secreted apoptosis-related proteins". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 94 (25): 13636–41. doi:10.1073/pnas.94.25.13636. PMC 28358. PMID 9391078.
  2. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: SFRP2 secreted frizzled-related protein 2".

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