apolipoprotein<a>-like protein 2 (apo(a)-like protein 2, Lp(a)-like protein 2, apolipoprotein-a-related gene C protein, apo(a)rg-C, LPAL2 ,APOARGC)

Structure

• signal sequence & the kringle domain are highly similar to the apolipoprotein<a> precursor protein
• this protein is however much shorter & does not contain any peptidase region
• contains 1 kringle domain

Compartment

secreted (putative)

Expression

expressed in liver but not in other tissues

More general terms

• glycoprotein
• secreted protein

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:8035
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q16609.html