IFIT2

Interferon-induced protein with tetratricopeptide repeats 2
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
SymbolsIFIT2 ; G10P2; GARG-39; IFI-54; IFI-54K; IFI54; IFIT-2; ISG-54 K; ISG-54K; ISG54; P54; cig42
External IDsOMIM: 147040 MGI: 99449 HomoloGene: 1187 GeneCards: IFIT2 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez343315958
EnsemblENSG00000119922ENSMUSG00000045932
UniProtP09913Q64112
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001547NM_008332
RefSeq (protein)NP_001538NP_032358
Location (UCSC)Chr 10:
91.06 – 91.07 Mb
Chr 19:
34.55 – 34.58 Mb
PubMed search

Interferon-induced protein with tetratricopeptide repeats 2 or IFIT2 is a protein found in humans which is encoded by the IFIT2 gene.[1][2][3]

Clinical significance

IFIT2 may play a role in prevention of tumor progression.[4]

References

  1. Wathelet MG, Szpirer J, Nols CB, Clauss IM, De Wit L, Islam MQ et al. (Nov 1988). "Cloning and chromosomal location of human genes inducible by type I interferon". Somat Cell Mol Genet 14 (5): 415–26. doi:10.1007/BF01534709. PMID 3175763.
  2. Wathelet MG, Clauss IM, Content J, Huez GA (Jun 1988). "The IFI-56K and IFI-54K interferon-inducible human genes belong to the same gene family". FEBS Lett 231 (1): 164–71. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(88)80724-5. PMID 3360121.
  3. "Entrez Gene: IFIT2 interferon-induced protein with tetratricopeptide repeats 2".
  4. Lai KC, Chang KW, Liu CJ, Kao SY, Lee TC (2008). "IFN-induced protein with tetratricopeptide repeats 2 inhibits migration activity and increases survival of oral squamous cell carcinoma". Mol. Cancer Res. 6 (9): 1431–9. doi:10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-08-0141. PMID 18819931.

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