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Facts about Transmembrane channel-like protein 2.
Involved in mechanosensitive responses of the hair cells (By similarity). .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | TMC2 |
| Uniprot: | Q8TDI7 |
| Entrez: | 117532 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| TMC family |

Transmembrane channel-like protein 2
Mass (kDA):
102.61 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 20p13 |
| Sequence: | 20; NC_000020.11 (2536607..2641784) |
Detected in fetal cochlea.
Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Localized to the stereocilia of the cochlear hair cells.


PMID: 11850618 by Kurima K., et al. Dominant and recessive deafness caused by mutations of a novel gene, TMC1, required for cochlear hair-cell function.