| UniProt Protein Function: | CHI3L2: Lectin that binds chitooligosaccharides and other glycans with high affinity, but not heparin. Has no chitinase activity. Belongs to the glycosyl hydrolase 18 family. 2 isoforms of the human protein are produced by alternative splicing. |
| UniProt Protein Details: | Protein type:Secreted, signal peptide; Secreted Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 1p13.3 Cellular Component: extracellular space Molecular Function:chitin binding; chitinase activity Biological Process: chitin catabolic process |
| NCBI Summary: | The protein encoded by this gene is similar to bacterial chitinases but lacks chitinase activity. The encoded protein is secreted and is involved in cartilage biogenesis. Several transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2012] |
| UniProt Code: | Q15782 |
| NCBI GenInfo Identifier: | 13124005 |
| NCBI Gene ID: | 1117 |
| NCBI Accession: | Q15782.1 |
| UniProt Secondary Accession: | Q15782,Q15749, Q15783, Q5VUV7, Q96F97, A6NNY3, B4DPR7 |
| UniProt Related Accession: | Q15782 |
| Molecular Weight: | 42,508 Da |
| NCBI Full Name: | Chitinase-3-like protein 2 |
| NCBI Synonym Full Names: | chitinase 3 like 2 |
| NCBI Official Symbol: | CHI3L2 |
| NCBI Official Synonym Symbols: | CHIL2; YKL39; YKL-39 |
| NCBI Protein Information: | chitinase-3-like protein 2 |
| UniProt Protein Name: | Chitinase-3-like protein 2 |
| UniProt Synonym Protein Names: | Chondrocyte protein 39; YKL-39 |
| Protein Family: | Chitinase-3-like protein |
| UniProt Gene Name: | CHI3L2 |
| UniProt Entry Name: | CH3L2_HUMAN |
