▁ ▁Category : Ind oor ▁aren as ▁in ▁Ark ansas ▁Category : S ports ▁ven ues ▁in ▁Ark ansas ▁Category : Cent ral ▁Ark ansas ▁B ears ▁and ▁Sug ar ▁B ears ▁basketball <0x0A> </s> ▁SM IM 2 3 ▁or ▁Small ▁Integr al ▁M emb rane ▁Prote in ▁ 2 3 ▁is ▁a ▁protein ▁which ▁in ▁humans ▁is ▁encoded ▁by ▁the ▁SM IM 2 3 ▁or ▁c 5 orf 5 0 ▁gene . ▁The ▁longer ▁m R NA ▁is o form ▁is ▁ 5 1 9 ▁nucle ot ides ▁which ▁transl ates ▁to ▁ 1 7 2 ▁am ino ▁ac ids ▁of ▁a ▁protein . ▁In ▁recent ▁adv anc ements , ▁research ers ▁have ▁identified ▁this ▁gene , ▁along ▁with ▁a ▁few ▁others , ▁could ▁potentially ▁play ▁a ▁role ▁in ▁how ▁fa cial ▁morph ology ▁ar ises ▁in ▁humans . ▁Though ▁this ▁research ▁is ▁still ▁relatively ▁new ▁it ▁provides ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁a ▁path ▁for ▁further ▁research ▁on ▁this ▁gene . ▁ ▁Gene ▁ ▁SM IM 2 3 ▁is ▁a ▁protein - encoding ▁gene . ▁Basic ▁information ▁about ▁its ▁ali ases ▁and ▁chrom os ome ▁location ▁are ▁given ▁in ▁the ▁table . ▁The ▁sch ematic ▁of ▁the ▁chrom os ome ▁helps ▁to ▁visual ize ▁the ▁location ▁of ▁the ▁gene . ▁ ▁m R NA ▁While ▁the ▁gene ▁has ▁two ▁sp lice ▁is o forms ▁( iso forms ▁X 1 ▁and ▁X 2 ), ▁it ▁has ▁three ▁ex on / ex on ▁boundaries ▁indicating ▁four ▁ex ons ▁( n uc le ot ide ▁