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Facts about Syncytin-B.
Synb is specially involved in formation of syncytiotrophoblast layer II (SynT-II) (PubMed:22032925). Promotes myoblast fusion, and might play a role in regeneration of damaged muscle tissue in males (PubMed:27589388).
| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | Synb |
| Uniprot: | Q8BI41 |
| Entrez: | 239167 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| gamma type-C retroviral envelope protein family |

Syncytin-B
Mass (kDA):
69.514 kDA

| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 14|14 D2 |
| Sequence: | 14; |
Highly expressed in placenta where it localizes to syncytiotrophoblasts of the labyrinthine zona (PubMed:15644441). Specifically localizes to syncytiotrophoblast layer II (SynT-II) (PubMed:18448564). Also detected at very low levels in ovary (PubMed:15644441).

PMID: 15644441 by Dupressoir A., et al. Syncytin-A and syncytin-B, two fusogenic placenta-specific murine envelope genes of retroviral origin conserved in Muridae.
PMID: 18077339 by Mangeney M., et al. Placental syncytins: Genetic disjunction between the fusogenic and immunosuppressive activity of retroviral envelope proteins.