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PLEK2

Pleckstrin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PLEK2 gene. The PLEK2 gene is located on chromosome 14 in Homo sapiens and is flanked by TMEM229B to its right and ATP6V1D to its left.

Last revised
Jul 14, 2026
Read time
≈ 2 min
Length
519 w
Citations
12
Source
PLEK2
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesPLEK2, pleckstrin 2
External IDsOMIM: 608007; MGI: 1351466; HomoloGene: 8447; GeneCards: PLEK2; OMA:PLEK2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_016445

NM_013738

RefSeq (protein)

NP_057529

NP_038766

Location (UCSC)Chr 14: 67.39 – 67.41 MbChr 12: 78.94 – 78.95 Mb
PubMed search34
Wikidata
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Pleckstrin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PLEK2 gene.567 The PLEK2 gene is located on chromosome 14 in Homo sapiens and is flanked by TMEM229B to its right and ATP6V1D to its left.8


References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000100558Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000021118Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Lemmon, Mark A.; Ferguson, Kathryn M.; Abrams, Charles S. (2002). "Pleckstrin homology domains and the cytoskeleton". FEBS Letters. 513 (1): 71–76. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(01)03243-4. PMID 11911883.
  6. Hamaguchi N, Ihara S, Ohdaira T, Nagano H, Iwamatsu A, Tachikawa H, Fukui Y (Aug 2007). "Pleckstrin-2 selectively interacts with phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase lipid products and regulates actin organization and cell spreading". Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 361 (2): 270–5. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.06.132. PMID 17658464.
  7. "Entrez Gene: PLEK2 pleckstrin 2".
  8. "AceView: PLEK2 gene". AceView. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
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