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Facts about Epididymal-specific lipocalin-6.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | LCN6 |
| Uniprot: | P62502 |
| Entrez: | 158062 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| calycin superfamily |

Epididymal-specific lipocalin-6
Mass (kDA):
18.045 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 9q34.3 |
| Sequence: | 9; NC_000009.12 (136744017..136748525, complement) |
Predominantly expressed in epididymis.
Secreted. Located on the head and tail of spermatozoa with the highest concentration on the post-acrosomal region of the head, where it appears aggregated into large patches.


PMID: 14617364 by Hamil K.G., et al. LCN6, a novel human epididymal lipocalin.
PMID: 15363845 by Suzuki K., et al. Molecular evolution of epididymal lipocalin genes localized on mouse chromosome 2.