Bestrophin-2

BEST2
Identifiers
Aliases	BEST2, VMD2L1, bestrophin 2
External IDs	OMIM: 607335; MGI: 2387588; HomoloGene: 41187; GeneCards: BEST2; OMA:BEST2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 19 (human)
End	12,758,458 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 8 (mouse)
End	85,741,160 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	mucosa of transverse colon; ; mucosa of sigmoid colon; ; rectum; ; skin of abdomen; ; mucosa of ileum; ; skin of leg; ; skin of thigh; ; epithelium of colon; ; putamen; ; Amygdala;
	Top expressed in
	ciliary body; ; left colon; ; iris; ; primary oocyte; ; embryo; ; secondary oocyte; ; zygote; ; embryo; ; lip; ; lens;
	More reference expression data
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	chloride channel activity; molecular function;
Cellular component	integral component of membrane; plasma membrane; cilium; membrane; chloride channel complex;
Biological process	sensory perception of smell; membrane depolarization; chloride transport; ion transport; chloride transmembrane transport; biological process;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	54831
	212989
	ENSG00000039987
	ENSMUSG00000052819
	Q8NFU1
	Q8BGM5
	NM_017682
	NM_001130194
	NP_060152
	NP_001123666
	Wikidata
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Bestrophin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BEST2 gene.