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TPCN2 (Two pore channel protein 2) is a gene. In the public catalogues the evidence so far is association rather than a proven role. Tied to Skin cancer. This dossier gathers the 0 products (0 approved), 0 trials, 0 pathways and 0 resistance routes in the corpus that involve it, with external identifiers so it can be joined to UniProt, ChEMBL, Open Targets and the rest of biology.

Biology

Intracellular channel initially characterised as a non-selective Ca(2+)-permeable channel activated by NAADP (nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate), it is also a highly-selective Na(+) channel activated directly by PI(3,5)P2 (phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate). Localises to the lysosomal and late endosome membranes where it regulates organellar membrane excitability, membrane trafficking, and pH homeostasis. Is associated with a plethora of physiological processes, including mTOR-dependent nutrient sensing, skin pigmentation and autophagy. Ion selectivity is not fixed but rather agonist-dependent and under defined ionic conditions, can be readily activated by both NAADP and PI(3,5)P2. As calcium channel, it increases the pH in the lysosomal lumen, as sodium channel, it promotes lysosomal exocytosis. Plays a crucial role in endolysosomal trafficking in the endolysosomal degradation pathway and is potentially involved in the homeostatic control of many macromolecules and cell metabolites. Location: Late endosome membrane; Lysosome membrane; Melanosome membrane (UniProt). Locus 11q13.3 (HGNC).

Where it is found
  • Skin cancer: Open Targets association 0.50 with skin cancer (MONDO_0002898)
Class: other · Gene: TPCN2 · Facts checked 2026-09-23 · Target page

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Query for this target: (TITLE:"TPCN2" OR ABSTRACT:"TPCN2" OR TITLE:"two pore segment channel 2" OR ABSTRACT:"two pore segment channel 2" OR TITLE:"Two pore channel protein 2" OR ABSTRACT:"Two pore channel protein 2" OR TITLE:"TPC2" OR ABSTRACT:"TPC2") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about TPCN2, not a curated reading list.

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The dossier as machine-readable JSON: identifiers from HGNC, Ensembl, UniProt and ChEMBL, products with status, trials, pathways, hotspots, open questions and assays. The full entity record is in the open API at /api/v1/entities/tpcn2.json. Licence CC BY-NC 4.0.