Species Human Entrez 114793 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000157827 | |
Aliases FMNL2, FHOD2, formin like 2 External IDs MGI: 1918659 HomoloGene: 70871 GeneCards: FMNL2 | ||
Formin-like protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FMNL2 gene.
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Expression
Alternatively spliced transcript variants of the FMNL2 gene encoding different isoforms have been described. The full length FMNL2 (FRL3) protein (1092 amino acids-NCBI Reference Sequence: NP_443137.2) is regulated through autoinhibition, and may become activated through Rho proteins. The FMNL2 gene is expressed in multiple human tissues.
Function
Formin-like protein 2 is a formin-related protein. Formin-related proteins have been implicated in morphogenesis, cytokinesis, and cell polarity.
Clinical significance
FMNL2 expression is considerably higher in colorectal cancer tumors compared to normal tissue.
References
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