UniProt Protein Function: | Binding to cells via a high affinity receptor, laminin is thought to mediate the attachment, migration and organization of cells into tissues during embryonic development by interacting with other extracellular matrix components. |
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NCBI Summary: | Laminin, an extracellular protein, is a major component of the basement membrane. It is thought to mediate the attachment, migration, and organization of cells into tissues during embryonic development by interacting with other extracellular matrix components. It is composed of three subunits, alpha, beta, and gamma, which are bound to each other by disulfide bonds into a cross-shaped molecule. This gene encodes the alpha 2 chain, which constitutes one of the subunits of laminin 2 (merosin) and laminin 4 (s-merosin). Mutations in this gene have been identified as the cause of congenital merosin-deficient muscular dystrophy. Two transcript variants encoding different proteins have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] |
UniProt Code: | P24043 |
NCBI GenInfo Identifier: | 28559088 |
NCBI Gene ID: | 3908 |
NCBI Accession: | NP_000417.2 |
UniProt Secondary Accession: | P24043,Q14736, Q5VUM2, Q93022 |
UniProt Related Accession: | P24043 |
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NCBI Full Name: | laminin subunit alpha-2 isoform a |
NCBI Synonym Full Names: | laminin subunit alpha 2 |
NCBI Official Symbol: | LAMA2 |
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols: | LAMM |
NCBI Protein Information: | laminin subunit alpha-2 |
UniProt Protein Name: | Laminin subunit alpha-2 |
UniProt Synonym Protein Names: | Laminin M chain; Laminin-12 subunit alpha; Laminin-2 subunit alpha; Laminin-4 subunit alpha; Merosin heavy chain |
Protein Family: | Laminin |
UniProt Gene Name: | LAMA2 |
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