Metallothionein-2
Name | Metallothionein-2 |
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Synonyms | CES1 Metallothionein-2A Metallothionein-II MT-2 MT-II MT2 |
Gene Name | MT2A |
Organism | Human |
Amino acid sequence | >lcl|BSEQ0020797|Metallothionein-2 MDPNCSCAAGDSCTCAGSCKCKECKCTSCKKSCCSCCPVGCAKCAQGCICKGASDKCSCC A |
Number of residues | 61 |
Molecular Weight | 6042.05 |
Theoretical pI | None |
GO Classification |
Functions
drug binding zinc ion binding Processes
cytokine-mediated signaling pathway cellular response to drug interferon-gamma-mediated signaling pathway negative regulation of growth cellular response to interleukin-3 cellular response to zinc ion cellular copper ion homeostasis cellular response to erythropoietin Components
perinuclear region of cytoplasm cytoplasm nucleus cytosol |
General Function | Zinc ion binding |
Specific Function | Metallothioneins have a high content of cysteine residues that bind various heavy metals; these proteins are transcriptionally regulated by both heavy metals and glucocorticoids. |
Transmembrane Regions | |
GenBank Protein ID | |
UniProtKB ID | P02795 |
UniProtKB Entry Name | MT2_HUMAN |
Cellular Location | None |
Gene sequence | >lcl|BSEQ0020798|Metallothionein-2 (MT2A) ATGGATCCCAACTGCTCCTGCGCCGCCGGTGACTCCTGCACCTGCGCCGGCTCCTGCAAA TGCAAAGAGTGCAAATGCACCTCCTGCAAGAAAAGCTGCTGCTCCTGCTGCCCTGTGGGC TGTGCCAAGTGTGCCCAGGGCTGCATCTGCAAAGGGGCGTCGGACAAGTGCAGCTGCTGC GCCTGA |
GenBank Gene ID | |
GeneCard ID | None |
GenAtlas ID | |
HGNC ID | HGNC:7406 |
Chromosome Location | 16 |
Locus | None |
References |
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Related FRC
FRCD ID | Name | Exact Mass | Structure |
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Zinc |
65.38 |
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Cadmium |
112.414 |