Description
Product Characteristics:
SLC35C2 (solute carrier family 35, member C2), also known as C20orf5, OVCOV1 or CGI-15, is a 365 amino acid multi-pass membrane protein that belongs to the TPT transporter family and exists as multiple alternatively spliced isoforms. Expressed ubiquitously and functionally induced in hypoxic trophoblast cells, SLC35C2 plays a role in the cellular response to tissue hypoxia and is thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of ovarian cancer. The gene encoding SLC35C2 maps to human chromosome 20, which houses over 600 genes some of which are associated with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophy, ring chromosome 20 epilepsy syndrome and Alagille syndrome. Additionally, chromosome 20 contains a region with numerous genes which are thought important for seminal production and may be potential targets for male contraception.
Subcellular location: Cell membrane
Synonyms: BA394O2.1, C20orf5, CGI-15, FLJ37039, MGC20633, MGC32079, MGC39183, Ovarian cancer-overexpressed gene 1 protein, OVCOV1, S35C2_HUMAN, SLC35C2, Solute carrier family 35 member C2.
Target Information: Oxygenation levels play an important role in the regulation of cellular invasiveness which occurs during early implantation when the trophoblast cells invade the uterus as well as during tumour progression and metastasis. This gene, which is regulated by oxygen tension, is induced in hypoxic trophoblast cells and is overexpressed in ovarian cancer. Two protein isoforms are encoded by transcript variants of this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]