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SENP2

Sentrin-specific protease 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the SENP2 gene.

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Source
SENP2
Available structures
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Identifiers
AliasesSENP2, AXAM2, SMT3IP2, SUMO1/sentrin/SMT3 specific peptidase 2, SUMO specific peptidase 2
External IDsOMIM: 608261; MGI: 1923076; HomoloGene: 11005; GeneCards: SENP2; OMA:SENP2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_021627

NM_029457
NM_001357424

RefSeq (protein)

NP_067640

NP_083733
NP_001344353

Location (UCSC)Chr 3: 185.58 – 185.63 MbChr 16: 21.83 – 21.87 Mb
PubMed search34
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Sentrin-specific protease 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the SENP2 gene.567

Function

SUMO1 (UBL1; MIM 601912) is a small ubiquitin-like protein that can be covalently conjugated to other proteins. SENP2 is one of a group of protease enzymes that process newly synthesized SUMO1 into the conjugatable form and catalyze the deconjugation of SUMO1-containing species.[supplied by OMIM]7

Interactions

SENP2 has been shown to interact with NUP153.58

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000163904Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000022855Ensembl, 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. Hang J, Dasso M (May 2002). "Association of the human SUMO-1 protease SENP2 with the nuclear pore". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (22): 19961–6. doi:10.1074/jbc.M201799200. PMID 11896061.
  6. Nishida T, Kaneko F, Kitagawa M, Yasuda H (October 2001). "Characterization of a novel mammalian SUMO-1/Smt3-specific isopeptidase, a homologue of rat axam, which is an axin-binding protein promoting beta-catenin degradation". J. Biol. Chem. 276 (42): 39060–6. doi:10.1074/jbc.M103955200. PMID 11489887.
  7. "Entrez Gene: SENP2 SUMO1/sentrin/SMT3 specific peptidase 2".
  8. Zhang H, Saitoh H, Matunis MJ (September 2002). "Enzymes of the SUMO modification pathway localize to filaments of the nuclear pore complex". Mol. Cell. Biol. 22 (18): 6498–508. doi:10.1128/MCB.22.18.6498-6508.2002. PMC 135644. PMID 12192048.
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