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PIEZO2, piezo type mechanosensitive ion channel component 2
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The protein encoded by this gene contains more than thirty transmembrane domains and likely functions as part of mechanically-activated (MA) cation channels. These channels serve to connect mechanical forces to biological signals. The encoded protein quickly adapts MA currents in somatosensory neurons. Defects in this gene are a cause of type 5 distal arthrogryposis. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been described, but their full-length nature is not known. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2014]
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Gene Synonyms (piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 2, PIEZO2 variant 16, family with sequence similarity 38, member A pseudogene, family with sequence similarity 38, member B2, piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1 pseudogene, protein PIEZO2, C18orf30, C18orf58, DA3, DA5, DAIPT, FAM38B, FAM38B2, HsT748, HsT771, MWKS,)
- NCBI Gene ID:
63895
- Species:
Homo sapiens (Human)
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UNIPROT ID#>>Q9H5I5
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