Biology:CBX2 (gene)

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Chromobox protein homolog 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CBX2 gene.[1][2][3] According to a New Scientist article CBX2 controls human sex even more so than X/Y chromosomes.[4]

Interactions

CBX2 (gene) has been shown to interact with RYBP.[5] It also interacts with the testis determining factor encoded by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome, as both proteins are necessary components of the male cascade.

References

  1. "Assignment of a Polycomb-like chromobox gene (CBX2) to human chromosome 17q25". Genomics 26 (1): 130–3. Jul 1995. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(95)80091-Y. PMID 7782071. 
  2. "Early detection and screening for prostatic cancer". Urology 34 (4 Suppl): 10–2; discussion 46–56. Nov 1989. doi:10.1016/0090-4295(89)90228-8. PMID 2477932. 
  3. "Entrez Gene: CBX2 chromobox homolog 2 (Pc class homolog, Drosophila)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=84733. 
  4. Ewen Callaway. "Girl with Y chromosome sheds light on maleness ", New Scientist, 2009-04-09. Retrieved on 2009-04-14.
  5. "RYBP, a new repressor protein that interacts with components of the mammalian Polycomb complex, and with the transcription factor YY1". EMBO J. 18 (12): 3404–18. Jun 1999. doi:10.1093/emboj/18.12.3404. PMID 10369680. 

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