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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Membrane Glycoproteins > Histocompatibility Antigens Class I > beta 2-Microglobulin
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... > Biological Factors > Antigens > Isoantigens > Histocompatibility Antigens > Histocompatibility Antigens Class I > beta 2-Microglobulin
... > Biological Factors > Antigens > Antigens, Surface > Histocompatibility Antigens > Histocompatibility Antigens Class I > beta 2-Microglobulin
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Serum Globulins > Beta-Globulins > beta 2-Microglobulin
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Globulins > Serum Globulins > Beta-Globulins > beta 2-Microglobulin

Preferred term

beta 2-Microglobulin  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Thymotaxin

Scope note

  • An 11-kDa protein associated with the outer membrane of many cells including LYMPHOCYTES. It is the small subunit of MHC CLASS I MOLECULES. Association with beta 2-microglobulin is generally required for the transport of class I heavy chains from the endoplasmic reticulum to the cell surface. Beta 2-microglobulin is present in small amounts in serum, CEREBROSPINAL FLUID, and urine of healthy individuals, and to a much greater degree in the urine and plasma of patients with tubular PROTEINURIA, renal failure, or kidney transplants.

History note

  • 1991 (1975); use BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN 1984-1990

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001613

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