apolipoprotein L2; apoL-II (APOL2)

Function

• may affect the movement of lipids in the cytoplasm or allow binding of lipids to organelles

Structure

belongs to the apolipoprotein L family

Compartment

cytoplasm (probable)

Expression

• widely expressed
• highest levels are found in lung, thymus, pancreas, placenta, adult brain & prostate
• also detected in spleen, liver, kidney, colon, small intestine, uterus, spinal cord, adrenal gland, salivary gland, trachea, mammary gland, skeletal muscle, testis & fetal brain & liver

More general terms

• apolipoprotein L
• phosphoprotein

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=23780
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:23780
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/607252
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9BQE5.html