The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Annexin A2 across different species:

annexin A2 (ANXA2), annexin A2 (Anxa2), annexin A2 (anxa9), annexin A2 (anxa2), ANNAT2 (Annexin Arabidopsis 2); calcium ion binding / calcium-dependent phospholipid binding (ANNAT2)

Other aliases include:

P36, ANX2, LIP2, LPC2, CAL1H, LPC2D, ANX2L4, PAP-IV, Cal1h, AW215814, ANXA2, MGC53008, p36, anx2, lip2, lpc2, cal1h, lpc2d, pap-i, anx2l4, MGC76145, ANNEXIN, ANNEXIN A2, Annexin Arabidopsis 2, MXK3.27, MXK3_27, DKFZp469L2414

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Annexin A2:

annexin A2 – annexin II – lipocortin II – chromobindin 8 – calpactin I heavy polypeptide – placental anticoagulant protein IV – 33-kDa calcimedin – 36-kDa calelectrin – calpactin I heavy chain – 33kDa lymphocyte Ca<2+>- binding protein – 33-kDa lymphocyte Ca<2+>- binding protein – Lipocortin II – annexin 2 – ANNAT2 (Annexin Arabidopsis 2); calcium ion binding / calcium-dependent phospholipid binding – annexin A2-like

Annexin A2 fulfills a number of functions:

calcium ion binding – calcium-dependent phospholipid binding – cytoskeletal protein binding – phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate binding – phospholipase inhibitor activity – protein binding – Rab GTPase binding – actin filament binding

Annexin A2 is relevant to the following processes:

angiogenesis – collagen fibril organization – fibrinolysis – skeletal system development – body fluid secretion – regulation of fibrinolysis – polysaccharide transport – response to cold – response to heat – response to salt stress – response to water deprivation

Locations for Annexin A2:

basement membrane – cytoplasm – early endosome – extracellular region – melanosome – perinuclear region of cytoplasm – protein complex – sarcolemma – soluble fraction – cell junction – membrane fraction – proteinaceous extracellular matrix – stress fiber – plasma membrane – cell surface – cytosol – nucleus – thylakoid

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology