mucin-21 (MUC-21, epiglycanin, MUC21, C6orf205, UNQ697/PRO1342)

Introduction

O-glycosylated

Compartment

cell membrane; ; extracellular side

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=3

Expression

• expressed in lung, large intestine, thymus, & testis
• expressed in normal & malignant bronchial epithelial cells

Pathology

could be considered as a marker for lung carcinomas

More general terms

• mucin
• membrane protein

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:3942
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q5SSG8.html