humanin-like protein 8; HN8; MT-RNR2-like protein 8 (MTRNR2L8)

Function

• role as a neuroprotective & antiapoptotic factor (putative)

Structure

belongs to the humanin family

Compartment

secreted (putative)

Expression

• highly expressed in the kidney, heart muscle & testis
• not expressed in skeletal muscle

More general terms

• Humanin-like protein

Additional terms

• humanin (HN, MT-RNR2)

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=100463
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P0CJ75.html