paraneoplastic antigen Ma2; onconeuronal antigen Ma2; paraneoplastic neuronal antigen MM2; 40 kD neuronal protein (PNMA2, KIAA0883, MA2)

Structure

belongs to the PNMA family

Compartment

nucleus, nucleolus

Expression

• brain specific
• specifically expressed by tumor cells in some patients with testicular cancer

Pathology

• antibodies against PNMA2 are present in sera from patients suffering of paraneoplastic neurological disorders

More general terms

• nuclear protein
• antigen

Additional terms

• anti-Ma antibody

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=10687
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:10687
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/603970
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9UL42.html