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B2m Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    B2m
  • Name
    beta-2 microglobulin
  • Synonyms
    beta2-m, beta 2 microglobulin, Ly-m11
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:88127
    NCBI Gene: 12010
  • Alliance
  • Transcription Start Sites
    26 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr2:121978168-121983563 bp, + strand
    From NCBI annotation of GRCm39
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  • Genome Browsers
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 2, 60.55 cM, cytoband F1-F3
  • Mapping Data
    126 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    50 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    18
  • PCR
  • RFLP
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_88127
protein coding gene Chr2:121978167-121983564 (+)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0026406
protein coding gene Chr2:125132727-125138114 (+)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0026368
protein coding gene Chr2:120019046-120024436 (+)
AKR/J MGP_AKRJ_G0026345
protein coding gene Chr2:123380130-123385519 (+)
BALB/cJ MGP_BALBcJ_G0026380
protein coding gene Chr2:120248516-120253906 (+)
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0026125
protein coding gene Chr2:123867797-123873187 (+)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0026827
protein coding gene Chr2:129195593-129200990 (+)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0024206
protein coding gene Chr2:114991429-114996922 (+)
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0025587
protein coding gene Chr2:124199555-124205024 (+)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0026104
protein coding gene Chr2:133750950-133756338 (+)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0026241
protein coding gene Chr2:119415440-119420830 (+)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0026203
protein coding gene Chr2:118207645-118213032 (+)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0026343
protein coding gene Chr2:125381840-125387229 (+)
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0026223
protein coding gene Chr2:137955707-137961096 (+)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0026882
protein coding gene Chr2:123496141-123501529 (+)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0025323
protein coding gene Chr2:119027815-119033333 (+)
SPRET/EiJ MGP_SPRETEiJ_G0025123
protein coding gene Chr2:122640314-122645718 (+)
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0025659
protein coding gene Chr2:124353586-124358976 (+)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    B2M, beta-2-microglobulin
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    4
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    B2M, beta-2-microglobulin
  • Synonyms
    IMD43
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 567
    neXtProt AC: NX_P61769
    UniProt: P61769

  • Chr Location
    15q21.1; chr15:44711358-44718851 (+)  GRCh38

Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    1 with B2m mouse models; 4 with human B2M associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
IDs
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IDs
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IDs
IDs
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  • Mutations/Alleles
    3 with disease annotations
  • References
    7 with disease annotations
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    33 phenotypes from 3 alleles in 8 genetic backgrounds
    78 phenotypes from multigenic genotypes
    784 phenotype references
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

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Homozygotes lacking B2m appear normal, but have no detectable MHC class I antigen on their cells and are deficient in CD4- CD8+ T cells which mediate cytotoxic T cell function. Mutant mice are also subject to systemic iron loading.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
  • GO References
Molecular Function

carbohydrate derivative binding
cytoskeletal protein binding
DNA binding
enzyme regulator
hydrolase
ligase
lipid binding
oxidoreductase
RNA binding
signaling receptor activity
signaling receptor binding
transcription
transferase
transporter
Biological Process

carbohydrate derivative metabolism
cell differentiation
cell population proliferation
cellular component organization
DNA-templated transcription
establishment of localization
homeostatic process
immune system process
lipid metabolic process
programmed cell death
protein metabolic process
response to stimulus
signaling
system development
Cellular Component

cell projection
cytoplasmic vesicle
cytoskeleton
cytosol
endoplasmic reticulum
endosome
extracellular region
Golgi apparatus
mitochondrion
non-membrane-bounded organelle
nucleus
organelle envelope
organelle lumen
plasma membrane
protein-containing complex
synapse
vacuole
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Expression
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Expression Overview

early conceptus
embryo ectoderm
embryo endoderm
embryo mesoderm
embryo mesenchyme
extraembryonic component
alimentary system
auditory system
branchial arches
cardiovascular system
connective tissue
endocrine system
exocrine system
hemolymphoid system
integumental system
limbs
liver and biliary system
musculoskeletal system
nervous system
olfactory system
reproductive system
respiratory system
urinary system
visual system
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  • Assay Results
  • Tissues
  • cDNA Data
  • Literature Summary
  • Comparison Matrix
  • Sequences &
    Gene Models
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    Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
    genomic 12010 NCBI Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 5396 C57BL/6J ±  kb
    transcript NM_009735 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 858 ZRU/MplStud  
    polypeptide P01887 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 119 Not Applicable  
    For the selected sequence
    Protein
    Information
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    Molecular
    Reagents
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    • All nucleic 64
      Genomic 27
      cDNA 23
      Primer pair 10
      Other 4

      Microarray probesets 5
    Other
    Accession IDs
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    MGD-MRK-12010, MGD-MRK-1492
    References
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    • Summaries
      All 995
      Developmental Gene Expression 23
      Diseases 7
      Gene Ontology 18
      Phenotypes 784
    • Earliest
      J:109968 Roderick TH, et al., Nineteen paracentric chromosomal inversions in mice. Genetics. 1974 Jan;76(1):109-17
    • Latest
      J:343712 Immisch L, et al., Targeting the recurrent Rac1P29S neoepitope in melanoma with heterologous high-affinity T cell receptors. Front Immunol. 2023;14:1119498

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    last database update
    03/12/2024
    MGI 6.23
    The Jackson Laboratory