PHC2

Polyhomeotic homolog 2 (Drosophila)
Identifiers
SymbolsPHC2 ; EDR2; HPH2; PH2
External IDsOMIM: 602979 MGI: 1860454 HomoloGene: 75090 GeneCards: PHC2 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez191254383
EnsemblENSG00000134686ENSMUSG00000028796
UniProtQ8IXK0Q9QWH1
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_004427NM_001195083
RefSeq (protein)NP_004418NP_001182012
Location (UCSC)Chr 1:
33.79 – 33.9 Mb
Chr 4:
128.65 – 128.75 Mb
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Polyhomeotic-like protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PHC2 gene.[1][2][3]

In Drosophila melanogaster, the 'Polycomb' group (PcG) of genes are part of a cellular memory system that is responsible for the stable inheritance of gene activity. PcG proteins form a large multimeric, chromatin-associated protein complex. The protein encoded by this gene has homology to the Drosophila PcG protein 'polyhomeotic' (Ph) and is known to heterodimerize with EDR1 and colocalize with BMI1 in interphase nuclei of human cells. The specific function in human cells has not yet been determined. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[3]

Interactions

PHC2 has been shown to interact with MAPKAPK2,[4] PHC1,[1][5] BMI1[1] and MCRS1.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gunster MJ, Satijn DP, Hamer KM, den Blaauwen JL, de Bruijn D, Alkema MJ, van Lohuizen M, van Driel R, Otte AP (Apr 1997). "Identification and characterization of interactions between the vertebrate polycomb-group protein BMI1 and human homologs of polyhomeotic". Mol Cell Biol 17 (4): 2326–35. PMC 232081. PMID 9121482.
  2. Tonkin E, Hagan DM, Li W, Strachan T (Oct 2002). "Identification and characterisation of novel mammalian homologues of Drosophila polyhomeoticpermits new insights into relationships between members of the polyhomeotic family". Hum Genet 111 (4–5): 435–42. doi:10.1007/s00439-002-0814-3. PMID 12384788.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: PHC2 polyhomeotic homolog 2 (Drosophila)".
  4. Yannoni, Yvonne M; Gaestel Matthias; Lin Lih-Ling (Apr 2004). "P66(ShcA) interacts with MAPKAP kinase 2 and regulates its activity". FEBS Lett. (Netherlands) 564 (1–2): 205–11. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(04)00351-5. ISSN 0014-5793. PMID 15094067.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Rual, Jean-François; Venkatesan Kavitha, Hao Tong, Hirozane-Kishikawa Tomoko, Dricot Amélie, Li Ning, Berriz Gabriel F, Gibbons Francis D, Dreze Matija, Ayivi-Guedehoussou Nono, Klitgord Niels, Simon Christophe, Boxem Mike, Milstein Stuart, Rosenberg Jennifer, Goldberg Debra S, Zhang Lan V, Wong Sharyl L, Franklin Giovanni, Li Siming, Albala Joanna S, Lim Janghoo, Fraughton Carlene, Llamosas Estelle, Cevik Sebiha, Bex Camille, Lamesch Philippe, Sikorski Robert S, Vandenhaute Jean, Zoghbi Huda Y, Smolyar Alex, Bosak Stephanie, Sequerra Reynaldo, Doucette-Stamm Lynn, Cusick Michael E, Hill David E, Roth Frederick P, Vidal Marc (Oct 2005). "Towards a proteome-scale map of the human protein-protein interaction network". Nature (England) 437 (7062): 1173–8. doi:10.1038/nature04209. PMID 16189514.

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