The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Calponin 2 across different species:

calponin 2 (CNN2), calponin 2 (Cnn2), calponin 2 (cnn2), Calponin-2 (cnn2), calponin 2 (RCJMB04_9b22), calponin 2 (LOC100220472), calponin 1, basic, smooth muscle (cnn1)

Other aliases include:

AA408047, AI324678, cnn2, MGC53326, CNN2, Calponin-2, wz2414, fb36d03, fb93a05, zgc:65794, wu:fb36d03, wu:fb93a05, MGC82320, MGC127599, MGC108411, DKFZp468N0916, MGC69240

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Calponin 2:

calponin 2 – neutral calponin – calponin H2, smooth muscle – calponin-2 – h2-calponin – OTTMUSP00000020660 – OTTMUSP00000020661 – calponin 2 copy A – Calponin-2 – H2-calponin – calponin 1, basic, smooth muscle

Calponin 2 fulfills a number of functions:

actin binding – calmodulin binding

Calponin 2 is relevant to the following processes:

actomyosin structure organization – cytoskeleton organization – cellular response to mechanical stimulus – hemopoiesis – negative regulation of cell migration – negative regulation of phagocytosis – positive regulation of gene expression – regulation of actin filament-based process – regulation of cell proliferation – wound healing – regulation of MAPKKK cascade – regulation of blood vessel endothelial cell migration

Locations for Calponin 2:

cell-cell junction – cytoskeleton – stress fiber – cellular_component

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology