Gene description for APOA2
Gene name	apolipoprotein A-II
Gene symbol	APOA2
Other names/aliases	-
Species	Bos taurus
Database cross references - APOA2
ExoCarta	ExoCarta_505394
Entrez Gene	505394
UniProt	P81644
APOA2 identified in exosomes derived from the following tissue/cell type
Milk	23459212

Gene ontology annotations for APOA2

Molecular Function     cholesterol transporter activity GO:0017127 IEA     cholesterol binding GO:0015485 IEA     high-density lipoprotein particle binding GO:0008035 IEA     apolipoprotein receptor binding GO:0034190 IEA     protein heterodimerization activity GO:0046982 ISS     protein homodimerization activity GO:0042803 IEA     phosphatidylcholine-sterol O-acyltransferase activator activity GO:0060228 IEA     lipase inhibitor activity GO:0055102 IEA     high-density lipoprotein particle receptor binding GO:0070653 IEA     triglyceride binding GO:0017129 NAS     phosphatidylcholine binding GO:0031210 IEA Biological Process     cholesterol homeostasis GO:0042632 IEA     protein oxidation GO:0018158 IEA     negative regulation of lipid catabolic process GO:0050995 IEA     negative regulation of cholesterol transporter activity GO:0060695 IEA     phospholipid efflux GO:0033700 IEA     low-density lipoprotein particle remodeling GO:0034374 IEA     cholesterol efflux GO:0033344 IEA     lipoprotein metabolic process GO:0042157 IEA     positive regulation of catalytic activity GO:0043085 IEA     phosphatidylcholine biosynthetic process GO:0006656 IEA     phospholipid catabolic process GO:0009395 IEA     protein folding GO:0006457 IEA     negative regulation of cholesterol import GO:0060621 IEA     positive regulation of lipid catabolic process GO:0050996 IEA     high-density lipoprotein particle remodeling GO:0034375 IEA     negative regulation of very-low-density lipoprotein particle remodeling GO:0010903 IEA     high-density lipoprotein particle clearance GO:0034384 IEA     reverse cholesterol transport GO:0043691 IEA     triglyceride-rich lipoprotein particle remodeling GO:0034370 IEA     cholesterol metabolic process GO:0008203 IEA     high-density lipoprotein particle assembly GO:0034380 IEA     defense response to bacterium GO:0042742 IEA     regulation of protein stability GO:0031647 IEA     response to glucose GO:0009749 IEA     diacylglycerol catabolic process GO:0046340 IEA     positive regulation of interleukin-8 biosynthetic process GO:0045416 ISS     regulation of intestinal cholesterol absorption GO:0030300 IEA     negative regulation of cytokine secretion involved in immune response GO:0002740 IEA     positive regulation of cholesterol esterification GO:0010873 IEA     peptidyl-methionine modification GO:0018206 IEA     negative regulation of lipase activity GO:0060192 IEA Subcellular Localization     blood microparticle GO:0072562 IEA     very-low-density lipoprotein particle GO:0034361 IEA     extracellular exosome GO:0070062 IEA     spherical high-density lipoprotein particle GO:0034366 IEA     chylomicron GO:0042627 IEA