| Protein Name | transcobalamin 2 |
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| Organism | Homo sapiens |
| Gene ID | 6948 |
| Gene Symbol | TCN2 |
| UniProt | P20062 (TCO2_HUMAN) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
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Total Number of Articles : 238 |
Description |
transcobalamin 2 |
| Gene Summary |
This gene encodes a member of the vitamin B12-binding protein family. This family of proteins, alternatively referred to as R binders, is expressed in various tissues and secretions. This plasma protein binds cobalamin and mediates the transport of cobalamin into cells. This protein and other mammalian cobalamin-binding proteins, such as transcobalamin I and gastric intrisic factor, may have evolved by duplication of a common ancestral gene. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.[provided by RefSeq, May 2010] |
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