Protein Name superoxide dismutase SOD2
Organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C
Gene ID 856399
Gene Symbol

SOD2

UniProt P00447 (SODM_YEAST)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 53
Total Number of Articles : 61
Description

superoxide dismutase SOD2

Gene Summary

Enables superoxide dismutase activity. Involved in reactive oxygen species metabolic process. Located in mitochondrial matrix. Used to study Alzheimer's disease; Parkinson's disease; and cancer. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including artery disease (multiple); autoimmune disease (multiple); cardiomyopathy (multiple); liver disease (multiple); and optic nerve disease (multiple). Orthologous to human SOD2 (superoxide dismutase 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2025]

synonyms
  • superoxide dismutase SOD2
  • YHR008C
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