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EMA / MUC1 is a membrane-bound protein that is a member of the mucin family. Mucins are O-glycosylated proteins that play an essential role in forming protective mucous barriers on epithelial surfaces. These proteins also play a role in intracellular signaling. This protein is expressed on the apical surface of epithelial cells that line the mucosal surfaces of many different tissues including lung, breast stomach and pancreas. This protein is proteolytically cleaved into alpha and beta subunits that form a heterodimeric complex. The N-terminal alpha subunit functions in cell-adhesion and the C-terminal beta subunit is involved in cell signaling. Overexpression, aberrant intracellular localization, and changes in glycosylation of this protein have been associated with carcinomas. This gene is known to contain a highly polymorphic variable number tandem repeats (VNTR) domain. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants.
Gene Name: | mucin 1, cell surface associated |
Family/Subfamily: | Mucin , not assigned-Mucin |
Synonyms: | MUC1, CA15-3, CD227, Carcinoma-associated mucin, CD227 antigen, DF3 antigen, Episialin, Epithelial membrane antigen, H23 antigen, H23AG, Krebs von den Lungen-6, MAM6, MUC1/ZD, MUC-1/SEC, Mucin-1, Pem, KL-6, MUC-1/X, Tumor-associated mucin, Peanut-reactive urinary mucin, Polymorphic epithelial mucin, PUM, EMA, MUC-1, Mucin 1, transmembrane |
Target Sequences: | NM_002456 NP_002447.4 P15941 |
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