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protein CEI (coordinated expression to IRAX2 protein, C5orf38, CEI)
Compartment: secreted (putative)
Alternative splicing: named isoforms=3
Expression:
- isoform 1 is expressed in small intestine, testis & kidney > brain & heart > colon
- not detected in liver, adrenal gland & pancreas
Genetics:
- gene is only represented in primates genome & it is highly conserved [2]
General
secreted protein
Properties
SIZE: MW = 15 kD
entity length = 138 aa
COMPARTMENT: extracellular compartment
MOTIF: signal sequence {1-35}
Database Correlations
UniProt Q86SI9
References
- UniProt :accession Q86SI9
- Wu Q, Tommerup N, Ming Wang S, Hansen L.
A novel primate specific gene, CEI, is located in the
homeobox gene IRXA2 promoter in Homo sapiens.
Gene. 2006 Apr 26;371(2):167-73. Epub 2006 Mar 3.
PMID: 16515847