Major Basic Protein

Major Basic Protein

Identifiers Symbols PRG2; BMPG; MBP; MBP1 External IDs OMIM: 605601 MGI: 103294 HomoloGene: 2044 GeneCards: PRG2 Gene

Gene Ontology
Molecular function heparin binding
carbohydrate binding
Cellular component extracellular region
nucleus
nucleolus
transport vesicle
intracellular membrane-bounded organelle
Biological process immune response
defense response to bacterium
Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern More reference expression data Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 5553 19074 Ensembl ENSG00000186652 ENSMUSG00000027073 UniProt P13727 Q61878 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001243245.1 NM_008920.4 RefSeq (protein) NP_001230174.1 NP_032946.1 Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
57.15 – 57.16 Mb Chr 2:
84.98 – 84.98 Mb PubMed search

Proteoglycan 2, bone marrow (natural killer cell activator, eosinophil granule major basic protein), also known as PRG2, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the PRG2 gene.

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