ID CTNB_DICDI Reviewed; 254 AA. AC Q8WSR7; Q54W80; DT 08-APR-2008, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 01-MAR-2002, sequence version 1. DT 23-SEP-2008, entry version 27. DE RecName: Full=Countin-2; DE Flags: Precursor; GN Name=ctnB; ORFNames=DDB_0214993; OS Dictyostelium discoideum (Slime mold). OC Eukaryota; Amoebozoa; Mycetozoa; Dictyosteliida; Dictyostelium. OX NCBI_TaxID=44689; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA], FUNCTION, DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE, SUBCELLULAR RP LOCATION, AND KNOCKOUT. RX MEDLINE=21600743; PubMed=11737154; RX DOI=10.1046/j.1440-169X.2001.00615.x; RA Okuwa T., Katayama T., Takano A., Kodaira K., Yasukawa H.; RT "Two cell-counting factors regulate the aggregate size of the cellular RT slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum."; RL Dev. Growth Differ. 43:735-744(2001). RN [2] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. RC STRAIN=AX4; RX PubMed=15875012; DOI=10.1038/nature03481; RA Eichinger L., Pachebat J.A., Gloeckner G., Rajandream M.A., RA Sucgang R., Berriman M., Song J., Olsen R., Szafranski K., Xu Q., RA Tunggal B., Kummerfeld S., Madera M., Konfortov B.A., Rivero F., RA Bankier A.T., Lehmann R., Hamlin N., Davies R., Gaudet P., Fey P., RA Pilcher K., Chen G., Saunders D., Sodergren E.J., Davis P., RA Kerhornou A., Nie X., Hall N., Anjard C., Hemphill L., Bason N., RA Farbrother P., Desany B., Just E., Morio T., Rost R., Churcher C.M., RA Cooper J., Haydock S., van Driessche N., Cronin A., Goodhead I., RA Muzny D.M., Mourier T., Pain A., Lu M., Harper D., Lindsay R., RA Hauser H., James K.D., Quiles M., Madan Babu M., Saito T., RA Buchrieser C., Wardroper A., Felder M., Thangavelu M., Johnson D., RA Knights A., Loulseged H., Mungall K.L., Oliver K., Price C., RA Quail M.A., Urushihara H., Hernandez J., Rabbinowitsch E., Steffen D., RA Sanders M., Ma J., Kohara Y., Sharp S., Simmonds M.N., Spiegler S., RA Tivey A., Sugano S., White B., Walker D., Woodward J.R., Winckler T., RA Tanaka Y., Shaulsky G., Schleicher M., Weinstock G.M., Rosenthal A., RA Cox E.C., Chisholm R.L., Gibbs R.A., Loomis W.F., Platzer M., RA Kay R.R., Williams J.G., Dear P.H., Noegel A.A., Barrell B.G., RA Kuspa A.; RT "The genome of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum."; RL Nature 435:43-57(2005). CC -!- FUNCTION: Cell-counting factor that limits the minimum size of the CC multicellular structure. May up-regulate the expression of both CC gp24 and gp80, which mediate cell adhesion. CC -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Secreted. CC -!- DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE: Expressed in the vegetative cells. Increases CC during aggregation to mound stages (6-12 hours) and decreases at CC late developmental stages (18-24 hours). CC -!- MISCELLANEOUS: Cells lacking cntB form a higher number of smaller CC aggregates. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the countin family. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Contains 1 saposin B-type domain. CC ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see http://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs License CC ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; AB067573; BAB84187.1; -; mRNA. DR EMBL; AAFI02000033; EAL67512.1; -; Genomic_DNA. DR RefSeq; XP_641512.1; -. DR GeneID; 3392606; -. DR KEGG; ddi:DDB_0214993; -. DR dictyBase; DDB0214993; ctnB. DR InterPro; IPR008139; SaposinB. DR SMART; SM00741; SapB; 1. DR PROSITE; PS50015; SAP_B; 1. PE 1: Evidence at protein level; KW Complete proteome; Glycoprotein; Secreted; Signal. FT SIGNAL 1 19 Potential. FT CHAIN 20 254 Countin-2. FT /FTId=PRO_0000327909. FT DOMAIN 22 107 Saposin B-type. FT CARBOHYD 110 110 N-linked (GlcNAc...) (Potential). FT CARBOHYD 219 219 N-linked (GlcNAc...) (Potential). FT DISULFID 26 103 By similarity. FT DISULFID 29 97 By similarity. FT DISULFID 56 68 By similarity. SQ SEQUENCE 254 AA; 26347 MW; 359482BE25C6D3AF CRC64; MMIKYITIAI LFIASLVKAD LQFSLCPTCV DFINNDMGDL EKIISGGIAT SCGAVCSLLP NNIEQGACNL LCDIVGIDEF LKVFNNIGED ADPVWICEEL TVCPKNQNSN ATVLTSDVSP ASGPHGTTFT IGVAYKVEST LGTGEVAVMV TDPTGSNGFG DAQLIVNTQP GQYSTSFSFA ATPSEDEQFP AGVYQVQLMI CEGSCGAKHS VTFNSVYANF TVTSGPSVTG QMTGTGSGSG SGSGSSSGAA YLRY //