SPNS2
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: SPNS2
- Official Name: sphingolipid transporter 2
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 124976
- UniProt: Q8IVW8
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- Entrez Summary: N/A
- UniProt Summary: Sphingolipid transporter required for migration of myocardial precursors. Transports sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P), a secreted lipid mediator that plays critical roles in cardiovascular, immunological, and neural development and function. Mediates the export of S1P from cells in the extraembryonic yolk syncytial layer (YSL), thereby regulating myocardial precursor migration. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19074308}.
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 5430
- Expression level (log2 read counts): 2.37