Translations:Type II collagen/1/en
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| collagen, type II, alpha 1 (primary osteoarthritis, spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, congenital) | |||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||
| Symbol | COL2A1 | ||||||
| Alt. symbols | SEDC | ||||||
| NCBI gene | 1280 | ||||||
| HGNC | 2200 | ||||||
| OMIM | 120140 | ||||||
| RefSeq | NM_001844 | ||||||
| UniProt | P02458 | ||||||
| Other data | |||||||
| Locus | Chr. 12 q13.11-q13.2 | ||||||
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Type II collagen is the basis for hyaline cartilage, including the articular cartilages at joint surfaces. It is formed by homotrimers of collagen, type II, alpha 1 chains.