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Protein MAL2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAL2 gene.This gene encodes a multispan transmembrane protein belonging to the MAL proteolipid family. The protein is a component of lipid rafts and in polarized cells it primarily localizes to endosomal structures beneath the apical membrane. It is required for transcytosis an intracellular transport pathway used to deliver membrane-bound proteins and exogenous cargos from the basolateral to the apical surface.