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

patched homolog 2 (Drosophila) (PTCH2), patched homolog 2 (Ptch2), patched 2 (ptc2), patched homolog 2 (Drosophila) (Ptch2), patched 2 (ptch2-b), patched homolog 2 (ptch2)

Other aliases include:

ptc2, ptc1, Ptch1, ptc-2, xptc-2, xptch-2, MGC79874, patched-2

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

patched 2 – protein patched homolog 2 – OTTMUSP00000010515 – patched2 – lep – leprechaun – patched homolog 2 – patched homolog 1 – xptc 2 – patched-2 – patched-like

Patched 2 fulfills a number of functions:

hedgehog receptor activity – receptor activity

Patched 2 is relevant to the following processes:

epidermis development – protein complex assembly – spermatogenesis – hair cycle – skin development – cardioblast differentiation – negative regulation of muscle organ development – negative regulation of smoothened signaling pathway

Locations for Patched 2:

integral to plasma membrane – membrane – integral to membrane

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology