Melanotransferrin

MELTF
Identifiers
Aliases MELTF, CD228, MAP97, MTF1, MTf, MFI2, melanotransferrin
External IDs MGI: 1353421 HomoloGene: 4335 GeneCards: MELTF
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

4241

30060

Ensembl

ENSG00000163975

ENSMUSG00000022780

UniProt

P08582

Q9R0R1

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_005929
NM_033316

NM_013900

RefSeq (protein)

NP_005920.2
NP_201573.1

NP_038928.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 3: 196.99 – 197.03 Mb Chr 16: 31.88 – 31.9 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Melanotransferrin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MFI2 gene. MFI2 has also recently been designated CD228 (cluster of differentiation 228).

The protein encoded by this gene is a cell-surface glycoprotein found on melanoma cells. The protein shares sequence similarity and iron-binding properties with members of the transferrin superfamily. The importance of the iron binding function has not yet been identified. This gene resides in the same region of chromosome 3 as members of the transferrin superfamily. Alternative splicing results in two transcript variants.[3] It is part of neural crest tissue, often present in melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy.

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