Biology:Inositol monophosphatase 2

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


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Inositol monophosphatase 2 is a 32 kDa enzyme that in humans is encoded by the IMPA2 gene.[1][2] IMPA2 dephosphorylates myo-inositol monophosphate to myo-inositol.

The function of IMPA2 appears to be similar to IMPA1 within tissues; however, the genes are expressed differently in various tissues with IMPA2 expressed at the highest level in certain tissues of the brain and the lumen of the kidney. IMPA2 exists as a homodimer within cells and cannot form heterodimers with IMPA1.[3]

References

  1. "A novel human myo-inositol monophosphatase gene, IMP.18p, maps to a susceptibility region for bipolar disorder". Mol Psychiatry 2 (5): 393–97. Nov 1997. doi:10.1038/sj.mp.4000325. PMID 9322233. 
  2. "Entrez Gene: IMPA2 inositol(myo)-1(or 4)-monophosphatase 2". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=3613. 
  3. "Spatial expression patterns and biochemical properties distinguish a second myo-inositol monophosphatase IMPA2 from IMPA1". J. Biol. Chem. 282 (1): 637–46. January 2007. doi:10.1074/jbc.M604474200. PMID 17068342. 

Further reading

External links

  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: O14732 (Human Inositol monophosphatase 2) at the PDBe-KB.