Biology:EIF2C2

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Protein argonaute-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EIF2C2 gene.[1][2][3]

This gene encodes a member of the Argonaute family of proteins which play a role in RNA interference. The encoded protein is highly basic, and contains a PAZ domain and a PIWI domain. It may interact with Dicer1 and play a role in short-interfering-RNA-mediated gene silencing.[3]

Interactions

EIF2C2 has been shown to interact with

References

  1. "Human eukaryotic initiation factor EIF2C1 gene: cDNA sequence, genomic organization, localization to chromosomal bands 1p34-p35, and expression". Genomics 61 (2): 210–8. Dec 1999. doi:10.1006/geno.1999.5951. PMID 10534406. 
  2. "Identification of eight members of the Argonaute family in the human genome small star, filled". Genomics 82 (3): 323–30. Aug 2003. doi:10.1016/S0888-7543(03)00129-0. PMID 12906857. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: EIF2C2 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2C, 2". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=27161. 
  4. "miRNP:mRNA association in polyribosomes in a human neuronal cell line". RNA 10 (3): 387–94. March 2004. doi:10.1261/rna.5181104. PMID 14970384. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 "miRNPs: a novel class of ribonucleoproteins containing numerous microRNAs". Genes Dev. 16 (6): 720–8. March 2002. doi:10.1101/gad.974702. PMID 11914277. 
  6. "Short-interfering-RNA-mediated gene silencing in mammalian cells requires Dicer and eIF2C translation initiation factors". Curr. Biol. 13 (1): 41–6. January 2003. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01394-5. PMID 12526743. 
  7. "Biochemical and genetic interaction between the fragile X mental retardation protein and the microRNA pathway". Nat. Neurosci. 7 (2): 113–7. February 2004. doi:10.1038/nn1174. PMID 14703574. 
  8. "A conserved motif in Argonaute-interacting proteins mediates functional interactions through the Argonaute PIWI domain". Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 14 (10): 897–903. October 2007. doi:10.1038/nsmb1302. PMID 17891150. 

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