| Protein Name | metallothionein 2 |
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| Organism | Rattus norvegicus |
| Gene ID | 689415 |
| Gene Symbol | Mt2 |
| UniProt | P04355 (MT2_RAT), B6ID08 (B6ID08_RAT) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
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Total Number of Articles : 120 |
Description |
metallothionein 2 |
| Gene Summary |
Enables cadmium ion binding activity and zinc ion binding activity. Involved in astrocyte activation. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm and nucleus. Biomarker of Alzheimer's disease; kidney failure; median neuropathy; retinitis pigmentosa; and transient cerebral ischemia. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in carotid stenosis and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Orthologous to several human genes including MT2A (metallothionein 2A). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2025] |
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