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HYAL2

HYAL2
Identifiers
Aliases HYAL2, LUCA2, hyaluronoglucosaminidase 2
External IDs MGI: 1196334 HomoloGene: 7776 GeneCards: HYAL2
RNA expression pattern
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More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_003773
NM_033158

NM_010489

RefSeq (protein)

NP_003764
NP_149348

NP_034619.2
NP_034619

Location (UCSC) Chr 3: 50.32 – 50.32 Mb Chr 9: 107.57 – 107.57 Mb
PubMed search

NM_003773
NM_033158

NM_010489

NP_003764
NP_149348

NP_034619.2
NP_034619

Hyaluronidase-2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the HYAL2 gene.

This gene encodes a protein which is similar in structure to hyaluronidases. Hyaluronidases intracellularly degrade hyaluronan, one of the major glycosaminoglycans of the extracellular matrix. Hyaluronan is thought to be involved in cell proliferation, migration and differentiation. Varying functions have been described for this protein. It has been described as a lysosomal hyaluronidase which is active at a pH below 4 and specifically hydrolyzes high molecular weight hyaluronan. It has also been described as a GPI-anchored cell surface protein which does not display hyaluronidase activity but does serve as a receptor for the oncogenic virus Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus. The gene is one of several related genes in a region of chromosome 3p21.3 associated with tumor suppression. This gene encodes two alternatively spliced transcript variants which differ only in the 5' UTR.


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