APOBEC2
Sign in to saveAlso known as ARCD1, ARP1, apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme catalytic subunit 2
Probable C->U-editing enzyme APOBEC-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the APOBEC2 gene.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 2 inbound references to APOBEC2, and connects out to PubMed, human chromosome 6 and Ensembl genome database project.
It sits within the topics EC 3.5.4 and Genes on human chromosome 6.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Gene data
APOBEC2- Name
- apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme catalytic subunit 2
- Type
- protein-coding
- Position
- 41,053,201–41,067,058 (+)
- Aliases
- ARCD1, ARP1
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000124701
- RefSeq RNA
- NM_006789.4
- RefSeq protein
- NP_006780.1
Enables cytidine deaminase activity and identical protein binding activity. Involved in DNA demethylation. Acts upstream of or within cytidine to uridine editing. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm and nucleus. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]
Gene Ontology
Biological process
Molecular function
Cellular component
via MyGene.info
Gene · Ensembl
apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme catalytic subunit 2
- Symbol
- APOBEC2
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 6:41,053,201-41,067,058
- Strand
- Forward (+)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- gene
- Image
- Protein APOBEC2 PDB 2nyt.png
Show 7 more facts
- HomoloGene ID
- 4941
- found in taxon
- Homo sapiens
- exact match
- identifiers.org/ncbigene/10930
- genomic end
- 41064891
- genomic start
- 41053202
- chromosome
- human chromosome 6
- cytogenetic location
- 6p21.1
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- References
- External links
- Further reading
Probable C->U-editing enzyme APOBEC-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the APOBEC2 gene.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “APOBEC2” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.