Alternative titles; symbols
HGNC Approved Gene Symbol: CRELD2
Cytogenetic location: 22q13.33 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38) : 22:49,918,634-49,927,537 (from NCBI)
For background information on CRELD proteins, see CRELD1 (607170).
Rupp et al. (2002) identified CRELD2 by searching a sequence database using CRELD1 as the query. Like CRELD1, with which it shares 38% amino acid identity, the deduced 321-amino acid CRELD2 protein contains EGF-like repeats and a highly conserved domain rich in glutamic acid and tryptophan (WE domain). The major distinction between CRELD1 and CRELD2 is that CRELD1 has 2 type III transmembrane domains in its C terminus, while CRELD2 has none. CRELD2 shares 67% and 69% amino acid identity with its Chinese hamster and mouse homologs, respectively.
By genomic sequence analysis, Rupp et al. (2002) mapped the CRELD2 gene to chromosome 22p13.
Rupp, P. A., Fouad, G. T., Egelston, C. A., Reifsteck, C. A., Olson, S. B., Knosp, W. M., Glanville, R. W., Thornburg, K. L., Robinson, S. W., Maslen, C. L. Identification, genomic organization and mRNA expression of CRELD1, the founding member of a unique family of matricellular proteins. Gene 293: 47-57, 2002. [PubMed: 12137942] [Full Text: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0378-1119(02)00696-0]