CENTG2

ArfGAP with GTPase domain, ankyrin repeat and PH domain 1
Identifiers
SymbolsAGAP1 ; AGAP-1; CENTG2; GGAP1; cnt-g2
External IDsOMIM: 608651 MGI: 2653690 HomoloGene: 56689 GeneCards: AGAP1 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez116987347722
EnsemblENSG00000157985ENSMUSG00000055013
UniProtQ9UPQ3Q8BXK8
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001037131NM_001037136
RefSeq (protein)NP_001032208NP_001032213
Location (UCSC)Chr 2:
236.4 – 237.04 Mb
Chr 1:
89.45 – 89.9 Mb
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Arf-GAP with GTPase, ANK repeat and PH domain-containing protein 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the AGAP1 gene.[1]

CENTG2 belongs to an ADP-ribosylation factor GTPase-activating (ARF-GAP) protein family involved in membrane traffic and actin cytoskeleton dynamics (Nie et al., 2002).[supplied by OMIM][1]

HACNS1

HACNS1 is located in an intron of the gene CENTG2 (also known as Human Accelerated Region 2). HACNS1 is hypothesized to be a gene enhancer "that may have contributed to the evolution of the uniquely opposable human thumb, and possibly also modifications in the ankle or foot that allow humans to walk on two legs". Evidence to date shows that of the 110,000 gene enhancer sequences identified in the human genome, HACNS1 has undergone the most change during the evolution of humans following the split with the ancestors of chimpanzees.[2]



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