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Facts about Tenascin-X.
Accelerates collagen fibril formation. May play a role in supporting the development of epithelial tumors.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | TNXB |
| Uniprot: | P22105 |
| Entrez: | 7148 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| tenascin family |

Hexabrachion-like protein; HXBL; Tenascin X; tenascin XB; tenascin XB2; tenascin-X; TNX; TNXB; TNXB1growth-inhibiting protein 45; TNXB2tenascin XB1; TNXBS; TNXBSTNXTENX; XB; XBS; XB-S; XBTN-X
Mass (kDA):
458.388 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 6p21.33-p21.32 |
| Sequence: | 6; NC_000006.12 (32041153..32109338, complement) |
Highly expressed in fetal adrenal, in fetal testis, fetal smooth, striated and cardiac muscle. Isoform XB- short is only expressed in the adrenal gland.
Secreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix.





PMID: 8530023 by Tee M.K., et al. Sequences promoting the transcription of the human XA gene overlapping P450c21A correctly predict the presence of a novel, adrenal-specific, truncated form of tenascin-X.
PMID: 7686164 by Bristow J., et al. Tenascin-X: a novel extracellular matrix protein encoded by the human XB gene overlapping P450c21B.