lymphocyte antigen 6K (Ly-6K, LY6K, CO16)

Function

may play a role in cell growth

Structure

contains 1 UPAR/Ly6 domain

Compartment

• secreted, cytoplasm, cell membrane
• lipid-anchor, GPI-anchor (putative)

Expression

• specifically expressed in testis (at protein level)

Pathology

potential marker of different types of cancers

More general terms

• secreted protein
• glypiated protein

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:5474
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q17RY6.html