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PARP2

Poly [ADP-ribose] polymerase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PARP2 gene. It is one of the PARP family of enzymes.

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PARP2
Available structures
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Identifiers
AliasesPARP2, ADPRT2, ADPRTL2, ADPRTL3, ARTD2, PARP-2, pADPRT-2, poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 2
External IDsOMIM: 607725; MGI: 1341112; HomoloGene: 4004; GeneCards: PARP2; OMA:PARP2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001042618
NM_005484

NM_009632

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001036083
NP_005475

NP_033762

Location (UCSC)Chr 14: 20.34 – 20.36 MbChr 14: 51.05 – 51.06 Mb
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Poly [ADP-ribose] polymerase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PARP2 gene.567 It is one of the PARP family of enzymes.

Function

This gene encodes poly(ADP-ribosyl)transferase-like 2 protein, which contains a catalytic domain and is capable of catalyzing a poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation reaction. This protein has a catalytic domain which is homologous to that of poly (ADP-ribosyl) transferase, but lacks an N-terminal DNA binding domain which activates the C-terminal catalytic domain of poly (ADP-ribosyl) transferase. The basic residues within the N-terminal region of this protein may bear potential DNA-binding properties, and may be involved in the nuclear and/or nucleolar targeting of the protein. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been found.7

In the plant species Arabidopsis thaliana, PARP2 plays more significant roles than PARP1 in protective responses to DNA damage and bacterial pathogenesis.8 The plant PARP2 carries N-terminal SAP DNA binding motifs rather than the Zn-finger DNA binding motifs of plant and animal PARP1 proteins.8

PARP inhibitor drugs

Some PARP inhibitor anti-cancer drugs (primarily aimed at PARP1) also inhibit PARP2, e.g. niraparib.

Interactions

PARP2 has been shown to interact with XRCC1.9

PARP2 also interacts with HPF1.101112

PARP2 binds to and bridges blunt DNA ends.121314

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000129484Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000036023Ensembl, 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. Johansson M (May 1999). "A human poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase gene family (ADPRTL): cDNA cloning of two novel poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase homologues". Genomics. 57 (3): 442–5. doi:10.1006/geno.1999.5799. PMID 10329013.
  6. Yélamos J, Schreiber V, Dantzer F (April 2008). "Toward specific functions of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-2". Trends in Molecular Medicine. 14 (4): 169–78. doi:10.1016/j.molmed.2008.02.003. PMID 18353725.
  7. "Entrez Gene: PARP2 poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase family, member 2".
  8. Song J, Keppler BD, Wise RR, Bent AF (May 2015). "PARP2 Is the Predominant Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase in Arabidopsis DNA Damage and Immune Responses". PLOS Genetics. 11 (5) e1005200. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1005200. PMC 4423837. PMID 25950582.
  9. Schreiber V, Amé JC, Dollé P, Schultz I, Rinaldi B, Fraulob V, Ménissier-de Murcia J, de Murcia G (June 2002). "Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-2 (PARP-2) is required for efficient base excision DNA repair in association with PARP-1 and XRCC1". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277 (25): 23028–36. doi:10.1074/jbc.M202390200. PMID 11948190.
  10. Gibbs-Seymour I, Fontana P, Rack JG, Ahel I (5 May 2016). "HPF1/C4orf27 Is a PARP-1-Interacting Protein that Regulates PARP-1 ADP-Ribosylation Activity". Molecular Cell. 62 (3): 432–442. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2016.03.008. PMC 4858568. PMID 27067600.
  11. Suskiewicz MJ, Zobel F, Ogden TE, Fontana P, Ariza A, Yang JC, Zhu K, Bracken L, Hawthorne WJ, Ahel D, Neuhaus D, Ahel I (March 2020). "HPF1 completes the PARP active site for DNA damage-induced ADP-ribosylation". Nature. 579 (7800): 598–602. Bibcode:2020Natur.579..598S. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2013-6. PMC 7104379. PMID 32028527.
  12. Gaullier G, Roberts G, Muthurajan UM, Bowerman S, Rudolph J, Mahadevan J, Jha A, Rae PS, Luger K (3 November 2020). "Bridging of nucleosome-proximal DNA double-strand breaks by PARP2 enhances its interaction with HPF1". PLOS ONE. 15 (11) e0240932. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1540932G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0240932. PMC 7608914. PMID 33141820.
  13. Obaji E, Haikarainen T, Lehtiö L (14 December 2018). "Structural basis for DNA break recognition by ARTD2/PARP2". Nucleic Acids Research. 46 (22): 12154–12165. doi:10.1093/nar/gky927. PMC 6294510. PMID 30321391.
  14. Bilokapic S, Suskiewicz MJ, Ahel I, Halic M (September 2020). "Bridging of DNA breaks activates PARP2-HPF1 to modify chromatin". Nature. 585 (7826): 609–613. Bibcode:2020Natur.585..609B. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2725-7. PMC 7529888. PMID 32939087.
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