The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen CD2 Molecule across different species:

CD2 molecule (CD2), Cd2 molecule (Cd2), CD2 antigen (Cd2)

Other aliases include:

T11, SRBC, FLJ46032, CD2, MGC140284, CD2R, LFA2, OX34, LFA-2, OX-34, Ly37, Ly-37

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen CD2 Molecule:

CD2 molecule – lymphocyte-function antigen-2 – CD2 antigen (p50), sheep red blood cell receptor – CD2 antigen – cluster of differentiation 2 – T-cell surface antigen CD2 – T-lymphocyte surface antigen precursor CD2 – OX-34 antigen – LFA-3 receptor – T-cell surface antigen T11/Leu-5 – OX-45 surface antigen homolog to human T lymphocyte CD2 antigen – lymphocyte antigen 37

CD2 Molecule fulfills a number of functions:

protein binding – receptor activity – eukaryotic cell surface binding – protein homodimerization activity – antigen binding – glycoprotein binding – protein kinase binding – protein self-association – receptor tyrosine kinase binding

CD2 Molecule is relevant to the following processes:

T cell activation – cell surface receptor linked signal transduction – cell-cell adhesion – induction of apoptosis – membrane raft polarization – natural killer cell activation – positive regulation of myeloid dendritic cell activation – regulation of T cell differentiation – cell adhesion

Locations for CD2 Molecule:

integral to plasma membrane – membrane – anchored to plasma membrane – external side of plasma membrane – extracellular region – internal side of plasma membrane – cell surface – extracellular space – fully spanning the plasma membrane – integral to membrane – membrane raft – protein complex

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology