Gene description for UGP2
Gene name UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase 2
Gene symbol UGP2
Other names/aliases -
Species Bos taurus
 Database cross references - UGP2
ExoCarta ExoCarta_281565
Entrez Gene 281565
UniProt Q07130  
 UGP2 identified in exosomes derived from the following tissue/cell type
Milk 23459212    
 Gene ontology annotations for UGP2
Molecular Function
    metal ion binding GO:0046872 IEA
    UTP:glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase activity GO:0003983 IEA
Biological Process
    UDP-glucose metabolic process GO:0006011 IEA
Subcellular Localization
    nucleus GO:0005634 IEA
    cytoplasm GO:0005737 IEA
    extracellular exosome GO:0070062 IEA
 Experiment description of studies that identified UGP2 in exosomes
1
Experiment ID 213
ISEV standards
✘ EV Biophysical techniques
✘ EV Cytosolic markers
✘ EV Membrane markers
✘ EV Negative markers
✘ EV Particle analysis
Identified molecule protein
Identification method Mass spectrometry
PubMed ID 23459212    
Organism Bos taurus
Experiment description Bovine milk proteome: Quantitative changes in normal milk exosomes, milk fat globule membranes and whey proteomes resulting from Staphylococcus aureus mastitis.
Authors Reinhardt TA, Sacco RE, Nonnecke BJ, Lippolis JD.
Journal name J Proteomics
Publication year 2013
Sample Milk
Sample name Staphylococcus aureus-infected-Milk
Isolation/purification methods Differential centrifugation
Ultracentrifugation
Filtration
Sucrose density gradient
FACS
Flotation density -
Molecules identified in the study Protein
Methods used in the study Mass spectrometry
 Protein-protein interactions for UGP2
  Protein Interactor ExoCarta ID Identification method PubMed Species
No interactions are found.
 Pathways in which UGP2 is involved
PathwayEvidenceSource
Formation of the active cofactor, UDP-glucuronate IEA Reactome
Glycogen synthesis IEA Reactome





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