Oxysterol-binding protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OSBP2 gene.[5][6][7][8]

OSBP2
Identifiers
AliasesOSBP2, HLM, ORP-4, ORP4, OSBPL1, OSBPL4, oxysterol binding protein 2
External IDsOMIM: 606729 MGI: 1921559 HomoloGene: 75303 GeneCards: OSBP2
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_152818
NM_001302630
NM_001302631
NM_001363163
NM_001363164

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001289559
NP_001289560
NP_690031
NP_001350092
NP_001350093

Location (UCSC)Chr 22: 30.69 – 30.91 MbChr 11: 3.65 – 3.81 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Oxysterols are byproducts of cholesterol that can have cytotoxic effects on many cell types. The protein encoded by this gene contains a pleckstrin homology (PH) domain and an oxysterol-binding region. It binds oxysterols such as 7-ketocholesterol and may inhibit their cytotoxicity. Alternate transcriptional splice variants have been observed but have not been fully characterized.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000184792Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000020435Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Dunham I, Shimizu N, Roe BA, Chissoe S, Hunt AR, Collins JE, Bruskiewich R, Beare DM, Clamp M, Smink LJ, Ainscough R, Almeida JP, Babbage A, Bagguley C, Bailey J, Barlow K, Bates KN, Beasley O, Bird CP, Blakey S, Bridgeman AM, Buck D, Burgess J, Burrill WD, O'Brien KP, et al. (Dec 1999). "The DNA sequence of human chromosome 22". Nature. 402 (6761): 489–95. Bibcode:1999Natur.402..489D. doi:10.1038/990031. PMID 10591208.
  6. ^ Moreira EF, Jaworski C, Li A, Rodriguez IR (May 2001). "Molecular and biochemical characterization of a novel oxysterol-binding protein (OSBP2) highly expressed in retina". J Biol Chem. 276 (21): 18570–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.M011259200. PMID 11278871.
  7. ^ Wang C, JeBailey L, Ridgway ND (Jan 2002). "Oxysterol-binding-protein (OSBP)-related protein 4 binds 25-hydroxycholesterol and interacts with vimentin intermediate filaments". Biochem J. 361 (Pt 3): 461–72. doi:10.1042/0264-6021:3610461. PMC 1222328. PMID 11802775.
  8. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: OSBP2 oxysterol binding protein 2".

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