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Facts about Sphingosine-1-phosphate phosphatase 2.
May play a role in attenuating intracellular sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) signaling. May play a role in pro-inflammatory signaling.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | SGPP2 |
| Uniprot: | Q8IWX5 |
| Entrez: | 130367 |

| Belongs to: |
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| type 2 lipid phosphate phosphatase family |

EC 3.1.3; EC 3.1.3.-; FLJ39004; hSPP2; sphingosine 1-phosphate phosphohydrolase 2; Sphingosine-1-phosphatase 2; sphingosine-1-phosphate phosphatase 2; Spp2; SPP2sphingosine-1-phosphate phosphotase 2; SPPase2
Mass (kDA):
44.741 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 2q36.1 |
| Sequence: | 2; NC_000002.12 (222423988..222562621) |
Expressed strongly in kidney and heart, followed by brain, colon, small intestine and lung. Not detected in skeletal muscle, thymus, spleen, liver, placenta, and peripheral blood leukocytes.
Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.




PMID: 12411432 by Ogawa C., et al. Identification and characterization of a novel human sphingosine-1- phosphate phosphohydrolase, hSPP2.
PMID: 27059959 by Taguchi Y., et al. Sphingosine-1-phosphate Phosphatase 2 Regulates Pancreatic Islet beta-Cell Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Proliferation.