Homo sapiens Protein: NINJ2
Summary
InnateDB Protein IDBP-11472.5
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol NINJ2
Protein Name ninjurin 2
Synonyms
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Protein ENSP00000307552
InnateDB Gene IDBG-11470 (NINJ2)
Protein Structure
UniProt Annotation
Function Homophilic cell adhesion molecule that promotes axonal growth. May play a role in nerve regeneration and in the formation and function of other tissues.
Subcellular Localization Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.
Disease Associations
Tissue Specificity Widely expressed. In adult, higher expression in the bone marrow and peripheral blood lymphocytes, medium in the lung, lymph node, thyroid, uterus, thymus, spleen, prostate and skeletal muscle, lower in the liver, placenta, brain, heart and kidney. In embryo, higher expression in the thymus, heart and liver, lower in the spleen, lung, brain and kidney.
Comments
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 0 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
Biological Process
GO:0007155 cell adhesion
GO:0007158 neuron cell-cell adhesion
GO:0007399 nervous system development
GO:0042246 tissue regeneration
Cellular Component
GO:0005887 integral component of plasma membrane
GO:0016021 integral component of membrane
Protein Structure and Domains
PDB ID
InterPro IPR007007 Ninjurin
PFAM PF04923
PRINTS
PIRSF
SMART
TIGRFAMs
Post-translational Modifications
Modification
Cross-References
SwissProt Q9NZG7
PhosphoSite PhosphoSite-Q9NZG7
TrEMBL F5H3L1
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 4815
UniGene
RefSeq NP_057617
HUGO HGNC:7825
OMIM 607297
CCDS CCDS8505
HPRD 09530
IMGT
EMBL AC006205 AC021054 AF205633 BC057766
GenPept AAF42828 AAH57766