PGLYRP2, Official Symbol PGLYRP2provided by HGNC Official Full Name peptidoglycan recognition protein 2provided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:30013 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000161031 MIM:608199; AllianceGenome:HGNC:30013 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status VALIDATED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as tagL; PGRPL; PGRP-L; PGLYRPL; HMFT0141; TAGL-like; tagl-beta; tagL-alpha Summary This gene encodes a peptidoglycan recognition protein, which belongs to the N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase 2 family. This protein hydrolyzes the link between N-acetylmuramoyl residues and L-amino acid residues in bacterial cell wall glycopeptides, and thus may play a scavenger role by digesting biologically active peptidoglycan into biologically inactive fragments. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2011] Expression Restricted expression toward liver (RPKM 52.9) See more Orthologs mouse all