Biology:XCL2

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
chemokine (C motif) ligand 2
Identifiers
SymbolXCL2
Alt. symbolsSCYC2, SCM-1b
NCBI gene6846
HGNC10646
OMIM604828
RefSeqNM_003175
UniProtQ9UBD3
Other data
LocusChr. 1 q24.2

Chemokine (C motif) ligand 2 (XCL2) is a small cytokine belonging to the XC chemokine family that is highly related to another chemokine called XCL1.[1] It is predominantly expressed in activated T cells, but can also be found at low levels in unstimulated cells. XCL2 induces chemotaxis of cells expressing the chemokine receptor XCR1.[2] Its gene is located on chromosome 1 in humans.[3]

References

  1. "Molecular cloning and functional characterization of human lymphotactin". J Immunol 155 (1): 203–9. 1995. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.155.1.203. PMID 7602097. 
  2. "Identification of single C motif-1/lymphotactin receptor XCR1". J Biol Chem 273 (26): 16551–4. 1998. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.26.16551. PMID 9632725. 
  3. "Structure and expression of two highly related genes encoding SCM-1/human lymphotactin". FEBS Lett 395 (1): 82–8. 1996. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(96)01004-6. PMID 8849694.