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Aliases | RHBDF2 , RHBDL5, RHBDL6, TOC, TOCG, TEC, iRhom2, rhomboid 5 homolog 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
External IDs | OMIM: 614404; MGI: 2442473; HomoloGene: 11612; GeneCards: RHBDF2; OMA:RHBDF2 - orthologs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inactive rhomboid protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RHBDF2 gene. [5] [6] The alternative name iRhom2 has been proposed, in order to clarify that it is a catalytically inactive member of the rhomboid family of intramembrane serine proteases. [7] [8]
The RHBDF2 gene is located on the long arm of chromosome 17 (17q25.1) on the Crick (minus) strand. It is 30.534 kilobases in length and encodes a protein of 856 amino acids with a predicted molecular weight of 96.686 kilodaltons.
The RHBDF2 protein plays an important role in the secretion of tumor necrosis factor alpha, [9] [10] [11] and has also been implicated in familial esophageal cancer. [12]
It is involved in the regulation of the secretion of several ligands of the epidermal growth factor receptor. [13]