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Serine hydroxymethyltransferase 2

Serine hydroxymethyltransferase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the SHMT2 gene.

Last revised
Jun 28, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
308 w
Citations
9
Source
SHMT2
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesSHMT2, GLYA, HEL-S-51e, SHMT, serine hydroxymethyltransferase 2, NEDCASB
External IDsOMIM: 138450; MGI: 1277989; HomoloGene: 133984; GeneCards: SHMT2; OMA:SHMT2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001166356
NM_001166357
NM_001166358
NM_001166359
NM_005412

NM_001252316
NM_028230

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001159828
NP_001159829
NP_001159830
NP_001159831
NP_005403

NP_001239245
NP_082506

Location (UCSC)Chr 12: 57.23 – 57.23 MbChr 10: 127.35 – 127.36 Mb
PubMed search34
Wikidata
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Serine hydroxymethyltransferase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the SHMT2 gene.5

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000182199Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000025403Ensembl, 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. Anderson DD, Stover PJ (June 2009). "SHMT1 and SHMT2 are functionally redundant in nuclear de novo thymidylate biosynthesis". PLOS ONE. 4 (6) e5839. Bibcode:2009PLoSO...4.5839A. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005839. PMC 2688753. PMID 19513116.