Metallothionein 2A

Metallothionein 2A

Identifiers Symbols MT2A; MT2 External IDs OMIM: 156360 MGI: 97172 HomoloGene: 133259 GeneCards: MT2A Gene

Gene Ontology
Molecular function	• protein binding • drug binding • zinc ion binding • metal ion binding
Cellular component	• nucleus • cytoplasm • cytosol • perinuclear region of cytoplasm
Biological process	• cellular copper ion homeostasis • cytokine-mediated signaling pathway • cellular response to drug • cellular response to interleukin-3 • cellular response to erythropoietin • negative regulation of growth • interferon-gamma-mediated signaling pathway • cellular response to zinc ion
Sources: Amigo / QuickGO

RNA expression pattern More reference expression data Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 4502 17750 Ensembl ENSG00000125148 ENSMUSG00000031762 UniProt P02795 P02798 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_005953 NM_008630.2 RefSeq (protein) NP_005944 NP_032656.1 Location (UCSC) Chr 16:
56.64 – 56.64 Mb Chr 8:
96.7 – 96.7 Mb PubMed search

Metallothionein-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MT2A gene.