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PWP2

Periodic tryptophan protein 2 homolog is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PWP2 gene.

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PWP2
Identifiers
AliasesPWP2, EHOC-17, PWP2H, UTP1, PWP2 periodic tryptophan protein homolog (yeast), small subunit processome component, PWP2 small subunit processome component
External IDsOMIM: 601475; MGI: 1341200; HomoloGene: 136786; GeneCards: PWP2; OMA:PWP2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_005049

NM_029546

RefSeq (protein)

NP_005040

NP_083822

Location (UCSC)Chr 21: 44.11 – 44.13 MbChr 10: 78.01 – 78.02 Mb
PubMed search34
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Periodic tryptophan protein 2 homolog is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PWP2 gene.56

Function

This protein is involved in the assembly of small subunit of ribosome.6

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000241945Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000032834Ensembl, 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. Yamakawa K, Gao DQ, Korenberg JR (Dec 1996). "A periodic tryptophan protein 2 gene homologue (PWP2H) in the candidate region of progressive myoclonus epilepsy on 21q22.3". Cytogenet Cell Genet. 74 (1–2): 140–5. doi:10.1159/000134402. PMID 8893822.
  6. "PWP2 PWP2 small subunit processome component [ Homo sapiens (human) ]".
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