Afamin

AFM
Identifiers
Aliases AFM, ALB2, ALBA, ALF, afamin
External IDs MGI: 2429409 HomoloGene: 881 GeneCards: AFM
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

173

280662

Ensembl

ENSG00000079557

ENSMUSG00000029369

UniProt

P43652

O89020

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001133

NM_145146

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001124.1

NP_660128.2

Location (UCSC) Chr 4: 73.48 – 73.5 Mb Chr 5: 90.52 – 90.55 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Afamin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the AFM gene.[3][4]

Function

This gene is a member of the albumin gene family, which comprises four genes that localize to chromosome 4 in a tandem arrangement. These four genes encode structurally related serum transport proteins that are known to be evolutionarily related. The protein encoded by this gene is regulated developmentally, expressed in the liver and secreted into the bloodstream.[4]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Lichenstein HS, Lyons DE, Wurfel MM, Johnson DA, McGinley MD, Leidli JC, Trollinger DB, Mayer JP, Wright SD, Zukowski MM (Aug 1994). "Afamin is a new member of the albumin, alpha-fetoprotein, and vitamin D-binding protein gene family". J Biol Chem. 269 (27): 18149–54. PMID 7517938.
  4. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: AFM afamin".

Further reading


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