| Description | 478 amino acids |
| Expression | Expression in pancreas, kidney (proximal tubular cells of the kidney), skeletal muscle, liver, lung, placenta, brain and heart. |
| Function | see below, may be a transporter |
| Homology | Computer predictions of the putative DIRC2 protein showed significant homology to different members of the major facilitator superfamily of transporters. DIRC2 shares 43% similarity with the human homolog of feline leukemia virus type C receptor (FLVXR), which has been classified as a major facilitator superfamily transporter, and over 85% homology with Dirc2 from monkey, pig, dog, and mouse. |
| An alternative route for multistep tumorigenesis in a novel case of hereditary renal cell cancer and a t(2;3)(q35;q21) chromosome translocation. |
| Bodmer D, Eleveld MJ, Ligtenberg MJ, Weterman MA, Janssen BA, Smeets DF, de Wit PE, van den Berg A, van den Berg E, Koolen MI, Geurts van Kessel A |
| American journal of human genetics. 1998 ; 62 (6) : 1475-1483. |
| PMID 9585616 |
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| A familial case of renal cell carcinoma and a t(2;3) chromosome translocation. |
| Koolen MI, van der Meyden AP, Bodmer D, Eleveld M, van der Looij E, Brunner H, Smits A, van den Berg E, Smeets D, Geurts van Kessel A |
| Kidney international. 1998 ; 53 (2) : 273-275. |
| PMID 9461085 |
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| Characterization of a familial RCC-associated t(2;3)(q33;q21) chromosome translocation. |
| Podolski J, Byrski T, Zajaczek S, Druck T, Zimonjic DB, Popescu NC, Kata G, Borowka A, Gronwald J, Lubinski J, Huebner K |
| Journal of human genetics. 2001 ; 46 (12) : 685-693. |
| PMID 11776380 |
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| Disruption of a novel MFS transporter gene, DIRC2, by a familial renal cell carcinoma-associated t(2;3)(q35;q21). |
| Bodmer D, Eleveld M, Kater-Baats E, Janssen I, Janssen B, Weterman M, Schoenmakers E, Nickerson M, Linehan M, Zbar B, van Kessel AG |
| Human molecular genetics. 2002 ; 11 (6) : 641-649. |
| PMID 11912179 |
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