Entrez gene ID | | 63895 |
Official gene symbol | | PIEZO2 |
Full name | | family with sequence similarity 38, member B |
Aliases | | ,C18orf30,C18orf58,DA5,FAM38B,FAM38B2,HsT748,HsT771, |
Gene summary | | Piezos are large transmembrane proteins conserved among various species, all having between 24 and 36 predicted transmembrane domains. 'Piezo' comes from the Greek 'piesi,' meaning 'pressure.' The PIEZO2 protein has a role in rapidly adapting mechanically activated (MA) currents in somatosensory neurons (Coste et al., 2010 [PubMed 20813920]).[supplied by OMIM] |
Location | | Chromosome: 18 Locus: 18p11.22 |
Gene position | | 11148761 - 10670244 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | minus |
Gene size | | 478518 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 613629 |
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