MAG (myelin associated glycoprotein)
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Gene
Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
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| Entrez ID | 4099 |
| Gene name | Myelin associated glycoprotein |
| Gene symbol | MAG |
| Synonyms (NCBI Gene) |
GMAS-MAGSIGLEC-4ASIGLEC4SIGLEC4ASPG75
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| Chromosome | 19 |
| Chromosome location | 19q13.12 |
| Summary | The protein encoded by this gene is a type I membrane protein and member of the immunoglobulin superfamily. It is thought to be involved in the process of myelination. It is a lectin that binds to sialylated glycoconjugates and mediates certain myelin-neu |
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SNPs
SNP information provided by dbSNP.
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miRNA
miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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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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P20916 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Protein name | Myelin-associated glycoprotein (Siglec-4a) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Protein function | Adhesion molecule that mediates interactions between myelinating cells and neurons by binding to neuronal sialic acid-containing gangliosides and to the glycoproteins RTN4R and RTN4RL2 (By similarity). Not required for initial myelination, but s | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tissue specificity | TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Both isoform 1 and isoform 2 are detected in myelinated structures in the central and peripheral nervous system, in periaxonal myelin and at Schmidt-Lanterman incisures (PubMed:6200494, PubMed:9495552). Detected in optic nerve, in olig | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sequence length | 626 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Interactions | View interactions | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Pathways
Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
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Associated diseases
Disease associations from ClinVar categorized as Causal (Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic) or Unknown.
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