PROM2
Post-translational modifications
Glycosylated.
Sequence Similarities
Belongs to the prominin family.
Tissue Specificity
Present in saliva within small membrane particles (at protein level). Expressed in kidney, prostate, trachea, esophagus, salivary gland, thyroid gland, mammary gland adrenal gland, placenta, stomach, spinal cord and liver. In submucosal tumor, expressed in spindle-shaped or stellate stromal cells. Expressed in prostate cancer cell lines.
Cellular localization
- Apical cell membrane
- Multi-pass membrane protein
- Basolateral cell membrane
- Multi-pass membrane protein
- Cell projection
- Microvillus membrane
- Multi-pass membrane protein
- Cell projection
- Cilium membrane
- Multi-pass membrane protein
- Colocalizes with PROM1. Associates with membrane in a cholesterol-dependent manner. Localizes to the apical and basolateral membranes of epithelial cells (By similarity).
Alternative names
PROML2, UNQ2521/PRO6014, PROM2, Prominin-2, PROM-2, Prominin-like protein 2, hPROML2