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

vanin 2 (VNN2), vanin 1 (RCJMB04_35g11), vanin 2 (LOC785817), vanin 2 (LOC100345689)

Other aliases include:

FOAP-4, GPI-80, VNN1, VNN2, VNN3

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

vanin 2 – Vannin 2 – pantetheinase – GPI-80 variant protein 1 – GPI-80 variant protein 2 – GPI-80 variant protein 3 – GPI-80 variant protein 4 – vanin 1 – vanin 3 – vascular non-inflammatory molecule 2-like

Vanin 2 fulfills a number of functions:

pantetheine hydrolase activity – endopeptidase inhibitor activity – hydrolase activity, acting on carbon-nitrogen (but not peptide) bonds, in linear amides

Vanin 2 is relevant to the following processes:

cell motion – nitrogen compound metabolic process – pantothenate metabolic process

Locations for Vanin 2:

anchored to membrane – plasma membrane

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology