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Laminin subunit alpha-2

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Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
LAMA2
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB
List of PDB id codes

4YEP, 4YEQ

Identifiers
Aliases LAMA2 , LAMM, Laminin, alpha 2, laminin subunit alpha 2, MDC1A
External IDsOMIM: 156225; MGI: 99912; HomoloGene: 37306; GeneCards: LAMA2; OMA:LAMA2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chromosome 6 (human)
Chr. Chromosome 6 (human) [1]
Band 6q22.33Start128,883,138 bp [1]
End129,516,566 bp [1]
Gene location (Mouse)
Chromosome 10 (mouse)
Chr. Chromosome 10 (mouse)[2]
Band 10 A4|10 14.23 cMStart26,856,032 bp [2]
End27,495,754 bp [2]
RNA expression pattern
Bgee
Human Mouse (ortholog)
  • gastric mucosa

  • Achilles tendon

  • right ovary

  • left ovary

  • right lung

  • atrium

  • right auricle of heart

  • myocardium of left ventricle

  • cardiac muscle tissue of right atrium

  • pericardium
  • sciatic nerve

  • epithelium of lens

  • efferent ductule

  • utricle

  • vestibular sensory epithelium

  • ascending aorta

  • vas deferens

  • aortic valve

  • right ventricle

  • plantaris muscle
More reference expression data
BioGPS




Gene ontology
Molecular function
Cellular component
Biological process
Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

3908

16773

Ensembl

ENSG00000196569

ENSMUSG00000019899

UniProt

P24043

Q60675

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000426
NM_001079823

NM_008481

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000417
NP_001073291

NP_032507

Location (UCSC)Chr 6: 128.88 – 129.52 Mb Chr 10: 26.86 – 27.5 Mb
PubMed search[3] [4]
Wikidata

Laminin subunit alpha-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LAMA2 gene.[5] [6] [7]

Function

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Laminin, an extracellular matrix protein, is a major component of the basement membrane. It is thought to mediate the attachment, migration, and organization of cells into tissues during embryonic development by interacting with other extracellular matrix components. It is composed of three subunits, alpha, beta, and gamma, which are bound to each other by disulfide bonds into a cross-shaped molecule. This gene encodes the alpha 2 chain, which constitutes one of the subunits of laminin 2 (merosin) and laminin 4 (s-merosin). Mutations in this gene have been identified as the cause of congenital merosin-deficient muscular dystrophy. Two transcript variants encoding different proteins have been found for this gene.[7]

Upregulation of LAMA1 holds potential for treating LAMA2-related muscular dystrophy.[8] [9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000196569Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000019899Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Ehrig K, Leivo I, Argraves WS, Ruoslahti E, Engvall E (June 1990). "Merosin, a tissue-specific basement membrane protein, is a laminin-like protein". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 87 (9): 3264–3268. Bibcode:1990PNAS...87.3264E. doi:10.1073/pnas.87.9.3264 . PMC 53880 . PMID 2185464.
  6. ^ Vuolteenaho R, Nissinen M, Sainio K, Byers M, Eddy R, Hirvonen H, et al. (February 1994). "Human laminin M chain (merosin): complete primary structure, chromosomal assignment, and expression of the M and A chain in human fetal tissues". The Journal of Cell Biology. 124 (3): 381–394. doi:10.1083/jcb.124.3.381. PMC 2119934 . PMID 8294519.
  7. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: LAMA2 laminin, alpha 2 (merosin, congenital muscular dystrophy)".
  8. ^ Kemaladewi DU, Bassi PS, Erwood S, Al-Basha D, Gawlik KI, Lindsay K, et al. (August 2019). "A mutation-independent approach for muscular dystrophy via upregulation of a modifier gene". Nature. 572 (7767): 125–130. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1430-x. PMID 31341277.
  9. ^ Liu Y, Tan D, Ma K, Luo H, Mao J, Luo J, et al. (October 2024). "Lama1 upregulation prolongs the lifespan of the dyH/dyH mouse model of LAMA2-related congenital muscular dystrophy". Journal of Genetics and Genomics = Yi Chuan Xue Bao. 51 (10): 1066–1078. doi:10.1016/j.jgg.202405005. PMID 38777118.

Further reading

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