Gene

EMCN

Species
Homo sapiens
Symbol
EMCN
Name
endomucin
Synonyms
  • EMCN2
  • endomucin-2
Biotype
protein coding gene
Automated Description
Enables carbohydrate binding activity. Involved in angiogenesis; cell-cell adhesion; and regulation of cell adhesion. Located in plasma membrane. Biomarker of thyroid gland carcinoma.
RGD Description
EMCN is a mucin-like sialoglycoprotein that interferes with the assembly of focal adhesion complexes and inhibits interaction between cells and the extracellular matrix (Kinoshita et al., 2001 [PubMed 11418125]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]
Cross References
Additional Information
Literature

Orthology

Gene tree
PANTHER:PTHR15869
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Paralogy

Function - GO Annotations

Pathways

No data available

Phenotypes

Primary Sources
None
Other Sources

Disease Associations

Cases where the expected disease association was NOT found
Cell color indicative of annotation volume

Transgenic Alleles

Models

Sequence Feature Viewer

Genome location
Assembly version
GRCh38
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Sequence Details

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Expression

Primary Sources
None
Other Sources
Cell color indicative of annotation volume; red slash indicates species lacks structure or developmental stage.

Molecular Interactions

Genetic Interactions