General Information of Protein (ID: PRT00844)
Name Pyruvate carrier 2 (MPC2)
Synonyms   Click to Show/Hide Synonyms of This Protein
Brain protein 44; Mpc2; Brp44
Gene Name Mpc2 Gene ID
70456
UniProt ID
Q9D023
Family Mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC)
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Sequence
MAAAGARGLRATYHRLMDKVELLLPKKLRPLYNHPAGPRTVFFWAPIMKWGLVCAGLADM
ARPAEKLSTAQSTVLMATGFIWSRYSLVIIPKNWSLFAVNFFVGSAGASQLFRIWRYNQE
LKSKGIQ
Function Mediates the uptake of pyruvate into mitochondria.
Regulatory Network
Full List of Metabolite(s) Regulated by This Protein
      Organic acids and derivatives
            Pyruvic acid Click to Show/Hide the Full List of Regulating Pair(s):   1 Pair(s)
               Detailed Information Metabo  Info click to show the details of this metabolite
               Regulating Pair Experim Info click to show the details of experiment for validating this pair [1]
                      Introduced Variation Overexpression of Mpc2
                      Induced Change Pyruvic acid concentration: increase
                      Summary Introduced Variation         Induced Change 
                      Disease Status Colon cancer [ICD-11: 2B90]
                      Details It is reported that overexpression of Mpc2 leads to the increase of pyruvic acid levels compared with control group.
References
1 A role for the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier as a repressor of the Warburg effect and colon cancer cell growth. Mol Cell. 2014 Nov 6;56(3):400-13.

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