SCARB2
Encyclopedia
Lysosome membrane protein 2 is a protein
that in humans is encoded by the SCARB2 gene
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Protein
Proteins are biochemical compounds consisting of one or more polypeptides typically folded into a globular or fibrous form, facilitating a biological function. A polypeptide is a single linear polymer chain of amino acids bonded together by peptide bonds between the carboxyl and amino groups of...
that in humans is encoded by the SCARB2 gene
Gene
A gene is a molecular unit of heredity of a living organism. It is a name given to some stretches of DNA and RNA that code for a type of protein or for an RNA chain that has a function in the organism. Living beings depend on genes, as they specify all proteins and functional RNA chains...
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Clinical significance
SCARB2 is a receptor for two viruses that cause hand, foot, and mouth disease in children, Enterovirus 71 and Coxsackievirus A16Coxsackie A virus
Coxsackie A virus is a cytolytic coxsackie virus of the Picornaviridae family, an enterovirus .-Diseases:...
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