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Homo sapiens Protein: BEST2
Summary
InnateDB Protein IDBP-594265.3
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol BEST2
Protein Name bestrophin 2
Synonyms
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Protein ENSP00000447203
InnateDB Gene IDBG-30930 (BEST2)
Protein Structure
UniProt Annotation
Function Forms calcium-sensitive chloride channels. Permeable to bicarbonate. {ECO:0000269PubMed:11904445, ECO:0000269PubMed:12907679, ECO:0000269PubMed:18400985}.
Subcellular Localization Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.
Disease Associations
Tissue Specificity Mainly confined to the retinal pigment epithelium and colon. {ECO:0000269PubMed:12032738}.
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
GO:0003674 molecular_function
GO:0005254 chloride channel activity
Biological Process
GO:0007608 sensory perception of smell
GO:0008150 biological_process
GO:0051899 membrane depolarization
GO:1902476 chloride transmembrane transport
Cellular Component
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
GO:0005929 cilium
GO:0034707 chloride channel complex
Protein Structure and Domains
PDB ID
InterPro IPR021134 Bestrophin/UPF0187
PFAM PF01062
PRINTS
PIRSF
SMART
TIGRFAMs
Post-translational Modifications
Modification
Cross-References
SwissProt Q8NFU1
PhosphoSite PhosphoSite-Q8NFU1
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 54831
UniGene Hs.435611
RefSeq XP_005260020
HUGO HGNC:17107
OMIM 607335
CCDS CCDS42506
HPRD
IMGT
EMBL AF440756 AK000139 AY515705
GenPept AAM76995 AAR99655 BAA90970

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Breuer et al., InnateDB: systems biology of innate immunity and beyond - recent updates and continuing curation. Nucl. Acids Res. (2013) 41 (D1) 

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