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| Aliases | CLCN2, CIC-2, CLC2, ECA2, ECA3, EGI11, EGI3, EGMA, EJM6, EJM8, LKPAT, clC-2, chloride voltage-gated channel 2, HALD2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| External IDs | OMIM:600570;MGI:105061;HomoloGene:3213;GeneCards:CLCN2;OMA:CLCN2 - orthologs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chloride channel protein 2 is aprotein that in humans is encoded by theCLCN2gene.[5][6] Mutations of this gene have been found to causeleukoencephalopathy[7] andIdiopathic generalised epilepsy (OMIM:600699),[8] although the latter claim has been disputed.[9]
Again of function mutation in the CLCN2 gene was found to causeprimary aldosteronism,[10] a form ofarterial hypertension due to excessive production ofaldosterone by theneuroendocrine cells of thezona glomerulosa of theadrenal gland. The mutation was found to cause a chloride leak in these cells and increased the expression of aldosterone synthase.[11]
CLCN2 contains a transmembrane region that is involved in chloride ion transport as well two intracellular copies of theCBS domain.
This article incorporates text from theUnited States National Library of Medicine, which is in thepublic domain.