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Symbol ABCA2 contributors: - updated : 25-11-2005
HGNC name ATP-binding cassette, sub-family A (ABC1), member 2
HGNC id 32
EXPRESSION
Type widely
constitutive of
   expressed in (based on citations)
organ(s)
SystemOrgan level 1Organ level 2Organ level 3Organ level 4LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
blood / hematopoieticspleen   moderately
Cardiovascularheart   moderately
Endocrinepancreas   moderately
Nervousbrain   highly
Reproductivemale systemprostate  moderately
Respiratorylung   moderately
Urinarykidney   moderately
tissue
SystemTissueTissue level 1Tissue level 2LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
Epithelialsecretoryglandularendocrine 
Epithelialsecretoryglandularexocrine 
Lymphoid    
cell lineage
cell lines tumor cell lines
fluid/secretion
at STAGE
PROTEIN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
STRUCTURE
motifs/domains
  • two ATP binding
  • two transmembrane (2TM) domains (2 x 6 segments)
  • lipocalin signature motif
  • HOMOLOGY
    interspecies homolog to murine Abc2
    intraspecies homolog to ABCA1,ABCA7
    Homologene
    FAMILY ATP binding cassette superfamily, subfamily A
    CATEGORY transport carrier
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION     plasma membrane
    basic FUNCTION
  • ABC transporter, traffic ATPase, involved in drug resistance, macrophage lipid metabolism and neural development
  • CELLULAR PROCESS
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS development
    text
  • neural development
  • small molecule transport
  • PATHWAY
    metabolism lipid/lipoprotein
    signaling
    a component
    INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule
    protein
    cell & other
    REGULATION
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS