ID:TREM2_HUMAN DESCRIPTION: RecName: Full=Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2; Short=TREM-2; AltName: Full=Triggering receptor expressed on monocytes 2; Flags: Precursor; FUNCTION: May have a role in chronic inflammations and may stimulate production of constitutive rather than inflammatory chemokines and cytokines. Forms a receptor signaling complex with TYROBP and triggers activation of the immune responses in macrophages and dendritic cells. SUBUNIT: Interacts with TYROBP/DAP12 (By similarity). SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Isoform 1: Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein (Potential). SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Isoform 2: Secreted (Potential). SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Isoform 3: Secreted (Potential). TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed on macrophages and dendritic cells but not on granulocytes or monocytes. In the CNS strongest expression seen in the basal ganglia, corpus callosum, medulla oblongata and spinal cord. DISEASE: Defects in TREM2 are a cause of polycystic lipomembranous osteodysplasia with sclerosing leukoencephalopathy (PLOSL) [MIM:221770]; also known as presenile dementia with bone cysts or Nasu-Hakola disease (NHD). PLOSL is a recessively inherited disease characterized by a combination of psychotic symptoms rapidly progressing to presenile dementia and bone cysts restricted to wrists and ankles. PLOSL has a global distribution, although most of the patients have been diagnosed in Finland and Japan, with an estimated population prevalence of 2x10(-6) in the Finns. SIMILARITY: Contains 1 Ig-like V-type (immunoglobulin-like) domain. SEQUENCE CAUTION: Sequence=BAB78736.1; Type=Erroneous initiation; WEB RESOURCE: Name=GeneReviews; URL="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/GeneTests/lab/gene/TREM2";
The RNAfold program from the Vienna RNA Package is used to perform the secondary structure predictions and folding calculations. The estimated folding energy is in kcal/mol. The more negative the energy, the more secondary structure the RNA is likely to have.
ModBase Predicted Comparative 3D Structure on Q9NZC2
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Orthologous Genes in Other Species
Orthologies between human, mouse, and rat are computed by taking the best BLASTP hit, and filtering out non-syntenic hits. For more distant species reciprocal-best BLASTP hits are used. Note that the absence of an ortholog in the table below may reflect incomplete annotations in the other species rather than a true absence of the orthologous gene.
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Common Gene Haplotype Alleles 
