Gene
Entrez ID Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
338811
Gene name Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
TAFA chemokine like family member 2
Gene symbol Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
TAFA2
Synonyms (NCBI Gene) Gene synonyms aliases
FAM19A2, TAFA-2
Chromosome Chromosome number
12
Chromosome location Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
12q14.1
Summary Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
This gene is a member of the TAFA family which is composed of five highly homologous genes that encode small secreted proteins. These proteins contain conserved cysteine residues at fixed positions, and are distantly related to MIP-1alpha, a member of the
Gene ontology (GO) Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0005615 Component Extracellular space IBA 21873635
GO:0005634 Component Nucleus ISS
GO:0005737 Component Cytoplasm ISS
GO:0007165 Process Signal transduction IEA
GO:0007613 Process Memory ISS
Other IDs Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
617496 21589 ENSG00000198673
Protein
UniProt ID Q8N3H0
Protein name Chemokine-like protein TAFA-2
Protein function Has a role as neurotrophic factor involved in neuronal survival and neurobiological functions.
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF12020 TAFA 41 129 TAFA family Family
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Brain-specific. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15028294}.
Sequence
Sequence length 131
Interactions View interactions
Associated diseases Disease information provided by ClinVar, GenCC, and GWAS databases.
Unknown
Disease term Disease name Evidence References Source
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease 24621683, 26634245 ClinVar
Alopecia Areata Alopecia Areata GWAS
Anorexia Anorexia GWAS
Dementia Dementia GWAS
Associations from Text Mining
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Asthma Associate 35606283
Erectile Dysfunction Associate 22704111