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Details for messenger / hormone: metallothionein 2A

EndoNet ID: ENH00241

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Synonyms

  • Metallothionein-2A
  • Metallothionein-II
  • Metallothionein-2
  • metallothionein 2A
  • MT2A
  • metalothionein II

General information

  • Level of MT-2A mRNA is significantly higher by obese subjects than in a lean group, [1]
  • Zinc, and particularly dexamethasone, induced MT-2 expression in BAT (brown adipose tissue) and liver. [2]
  • See also Metallothionein 1A.

Classification

Hormone function

  • CNS function
    • stress response

    Chemical classification

    Composition

    processed

    Sequence 
    MDPNCSCAA GDSCTCAGS CKCKECKCT 
SCKKSCCSC CPVGCAKCA QGCICKGAS 
DKCSCCA

    Links to other resources

    UniProt P02795
    Ensembl ENST00000245185
    KEGG hsa:4502

    • Anatomical structure: fat_cell

      • In human adipose tissue the metallothionein (MT-2A) gene is expressed both in adipocytes and in other cells of the tissue. [1]

    • Anatomical structure: adipose_tissue

      • In human adipose tissue the metallothionein (MT-2A) gene is expressed both in adipocytes and in other cells of the tissue. [1]

    Targets

    Cell
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