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Peripherin 2

mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens
Protein Q21122562

Facts

7 properties
Instance of
protein
Part of
Tetraspanin, EC2 domain superfamily, Peripherin/rom-1, auxiliary protein involved in transmembrane transport, Peripherin/rom-1, conserved site, protein family[2][3][4][5]
Biological process
cell surface receptor signaling pathway, cell adhesion, retina development in camera-type eye, visual perception[11][12][13][14]
Cell component
integral component of membrane, photoreceptor outer segment, integral component of plasma membrane, membrane[7][8][9][10]
Encoded by
PRPH2[15]
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens[16]
Has part(s)
Peripherin/rom-1, conserved site[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en peripherin-2 en Peripherin 2 en peripherin 2, homolog of mouse en peripherin 2 (retinal degeneration, slow) en peripherin, photoreceptor type en PRPH2 en retinal degeneration slow protein en retinal peripherin en tetraspanin-22 en tspan-22
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Ensembl protein ID
ENSP00000230381
RefSeq protein ID
NP_000313
Transporter Classification Database ID
8.A.40.1.3
UniProt protein ID
P23942

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Summary

Peripherin 2 is a protein[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . A three-base-pair deletion in the peripherin–RDS gene in one form of retinitis pigmentosa. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Phylogenetic-based propagation of functional annotations within the Gene Ontology consortium. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Phylogenetic-based propagation of functional annotations within the Gene Ontology consortium. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . A three-base-pair deletion in the peripherin–RDS gene in one form of retinitis pigmentosa. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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