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KIRREL2

Kin of IRRE-like protein 2, also known as NEPH3, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIRREL2 gene.[1][2][3] It is primarily expressed in β cells of the pancreatic islets.[1]

KIRREL2 is a member of the NEPH protein family, which includes NEPH1 (KIRREL) and NEPH2 (KIRREL3). NEPH proteins bind the

References

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sun C, Kilburn D, Lukashin A, Crowell T, Gardner H, Brundiers R, Diefenbach B, Carulli JP (Jul 2003). “Kirrel2, a novel immunoglobulin superfamily gene expressed primarily in beta cells of the pancreatic islets”. Genomics. 82 (2): 130–42. doi:10.1016/S0888-7543(03)00110-1. PMID 12837264.
  2. Ihalmo P, Palmen T, Ahola H, Valtonen E, Holthofer H (Dec 2002). “Filtrin is a novel member of nephrin-like proteins”. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 300 (2): 364–70. doi:10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02854-1. PMID 12504092.
  3. “Entrez Gene: KIRREL2 kin of IRRE like 2 (Drosophila)”.
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