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ovos2

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OVOS protein background

Ovostatins (OVOS gene /protein family) were originally called “ovomacroglobulins”, and were first identified in the 1960's as an abundant proteins from the 'whites' of chicken eggs [1]. Ovostatins were subsequently shown to be active enzymes that inhibited the peptidases trypsin, papain and thermolysin [2].

References: 1. Miller et al 1966. Biochemistry. 1966;5:952–8. 2. Nielsen et al 1994. DNA Seq. 1994;5:111–9

nomenclature changes

01/29/2018 Human name has changed for Entrez Gene: 144203. From ovostatin 2 to alpha-2-macroglobulin like 1 pseudogene