Protein Name polyhomeotic homolog 2
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 1912
Gene Symbol

PHC2

UniProt Q8IXK0 (PHC2_HUMAN), A0A0A0MSI2 (A0A0A0MSI2_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 337
Total Number of Articles : 215
Description

polyhomeotic homolog 2

Gene Summary

In Drosophila melanogaster, the 'Polycomb' group (PcG) of genes are part of a cellular memory system that is responsible for the stable inheritance of gene activity. PcG proteins form a large multimeric, chromatin-associated protein complex. The protein encoded by this gene has homology to the Drosophila PcG protein 'polyhomeotic' (Ph) and is known to heterodimerize with EDR1 and colocalize with BMI1 in interphase nuclei of human cells. The specific function in human cells has not yet been determined. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

synonyms
  • polyhomeotic-like protein 2
  • early development regulator 2 (homolog of polyhomeotic 2)
  • early development regulatory protein 2
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