Alternative titles; symbols
HGNC Approved Gene Symbol: IRAG2
Cytogenetic location: 12p12.1 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38): 12:24,997,575-25,108,335 (from NCBI)
LRMP is a lymphoid-restricted protein localized to the cytoplasmic face of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and is a member of a class of integral membrane proteins with a carboxyl-terminal membrane anchor (CTMA) without an amino-terminal signal sequence (summary by Behrens et al., 1996).
Behrens et al. (1994) performed a differential screen of a human B-lymphoma cDNA library to identify genes expressed preferentially in B-cell lines. The authors cloned and characterized a gene, which they called JAW1, that is expressed in a developmentally regulated manner in lymphoid cell lines and tissues. JAW1 encodes a 539-amino acid polypeptide with a predicted molecular mass of 59.6 kD. The authors localized JAW1 to the cytoplasmic face of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) by indirect immunofluorescence and confocal microscopy. The protein has a coiled-coil domain and a C-terminal membrane anchor with a conserved luminal tail region.
Behrens et al. (1996) showed that the 71 C-terminal amino acids of the JAW1 protein, which contain a hydrophobic membrane-spanning region, are both necessary and sufficient for targeting a heterologous protein to the ER.
Gross (2014) mapped the LRMP gene to chromosome 12p12.1 based on an alignment of the LRMP sequence (GenBank BC126417) with the genomic sequence (GRCh37).
Behrens, T. W., Jagadeesh, J., Scherle, P., Kearns, G., Yewdell, J., Staudt, L. M. Jaw1, a lymphoid-restricted membrane protein localized to the endoplasmic reticulum. J. Immun. 153: 682-690, 1994. [PubMed: 8021504]
Behrens, T. W., Kearns, G. M., Rivard, J. J., Bernstein, H. D., Yewdell, J. W., Staudt, L. M. Carboxyl-terminal targeting and novel post-translational processing of JAW1, a lymphoid protein of the endoplasmic reticulum. J. Biol. Chem. 271: 23528-23534, 1996. [PubMed: 8798562] [Full Text: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.271.38.23528]
Gross, M. B. Personal Communication. Baltimore, Md. 4/15/2014.