CTAG2 (cancer/testis antigen 2)
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Gene
Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
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| Entrez ID | 30848 |
| Gene name | Cancer/testis antigen 2 |
| Gene symbol | CTAG2 |
| Synonyms (NCBI Gene) |
CAMELCT2CT6.2CT6.2aCT6.2bESO2LAGE-1LAGE2B
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| Chromosome | X |
| Chromosome location | Xq28 |
| Summary | This gene encodes an autoimmunogenic tumor antigen that belongs to the ESO/LAGE family of cancer-testis antigens. This protein is expressed in a wide array of cancers including melanoma, breast cancer, bladder cancer and prostate cancer. This protein is a |
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Gene ontology (GO)
Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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Other IDs
Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
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Protein
Protein information from UniProt database.
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UniProt ID
Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
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O75638 | ||||||||||
| Protein name | Cancer/testis antigen 2 (CT2) (Autoimmunogenic cancer/testis antigen NY-ESO-2) (Cancer/testis antigen 6.2) (CT6.2) (L antigen family member 1) (LAGE-1) | ||||||||||
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| Tissue specificity | TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Testis and very low level in placenta and in some uterus samples. Observed in 25-50% of tumor samples of melanomas, non-small-cell lung carcinomas, bladder, prostate and head and neck cancers. | ||||||||||
| Sequence |
MQAEGRGTGGSTGDADGPGGPGIPDGPGGNAGGPGEAGATGGRGPRGAGAARASGPRGGA |
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| Sequence length | 210 | ||||||||||
| Interactions | View interactions | ||||||||||
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Related Genes
Genes most often co-reported with CTAG2 across shared curated disease and pathway associations.
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Diseases Linked via Similar Genes
Diseases curated for genes most similar to CTAG2 (see Related Genes above), that are NOT already directly curated for CTAG2 itself -- a lead worth checking, not a confirmed association.
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