Mucin-6

MUC6
Identifiers
Aliases	MUC6, MUC-6, mucin 6, oligomeric mucus/gel-forming
External IDs	OMIM: 158374; MGI: 2663233; HomoloGene: 18768; GeneCards: MUC6; OMA:MUC6 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 11 (human)
End	1,036,718 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 7 (mouse)
End	141,655,319 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	body of pancreas; ; duodenum; ; body of stomach; ; gallbladder; ; fundus; ; sural nerve; ; islet of Langerhans; ; right lobe of liver; ; right uterine tube; ; canal of the cervix;
	Top expressed in
	duodenum; ; stomach; ; neural layer of retina; ; cerebellum; ; tail of embryo; ; skeletal muscle tissue; ; cerebellar cortex; ; human kidney; ; bone marrow; ; granulocyte;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	extracellular matrix structural constituent;
Cellular component	Golgi lumen; extracellular region; plasma membrane;
Biological process	maintenance of gastrointestinal epithelium; O-glycan processing; stimulatory C-type lectin receptor signaling pathway;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	4588
	353328
	ENSG00000283350; ENSG00000277281; ENSG00000184956; ENSG00000277518
	ENSMUSG00000048191
	Q6W4X9
	Q80T03; Q0VAV1
	NM_005961
	NM_181729; NM_001330001; NM_001368953
	NP_005952
	NP_859418.1; NP_001316930; NP_001355882
	Wikidata
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Mucin-6 (MUC-6), also known as gastrin mucus-6 is a protein that is encoded in the human by the MUC6 gene.^[5] MUC6, along with MUC2, MUC5AC, and MUC5B, is located within the 11p15 chromosomal locus of chromosome 11. MUC6, along with MUC1, is expressed in normal pancreases.^[6]