Biology:Enolase 2

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Short description: Enzyme in mammals and humans


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Gamma-enolase, also known as enolase 2 (ENO2) or neuron specific enolase (NSE), is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ENO2 gene.[1][2] Gamma-enolase is a phosphopyruvate hydratase.

Gamma-enolase is one of the three enolase isoenzymes found in mammals. This isoenzyme, a homodimer, is found in mature neurons and cells of neuronal origin. A switch from alpha enolase to gamma enolase occurs in neural tissue during development in rats and primates.[1]

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Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) immunostaining of a cerebellar hemangioblastoma.

Detection of NSE with antibodies can be used to identify neuronal cells and cells with neuroendocrine differentiation. NSE is produced by small-cell carcinomas, which are neuroendocrine in origin. NSE is therefore a useful tumor marker for distinguishing small-cell carcinomas from other tumors.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "ENO2 enolase 2 (gamma, neuronal)". NCBI Entrez Gene database. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=2026. 
  2. Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) Enolase 2 -131360
  3. "Molecular characterization of prostatic small-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma". Prostate 55 (1): 55–64. April 2003. doi:10.1002/pros.10217. PMID 12640661. 

Further reading

External links

  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: P09104 (Human Gamma-enolase) at the PDBe-KB.