Biology:PFDN2

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Prefoldin subunit 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PFDN2 gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes a member of the prefoldin beta subunit family. The encoded protein is one of six subunits of prefoldin, a molecular chaperone complex that binds and stabilizes newly synthesized polypeptides, thereby allowing them to fold correctly. The complex, consisting of two alpha and four beta subunits, forms a double beta barrel assembly with six protruding coiled-coils.[2]

References

  1. "Physical and transcriptional map of a 3-Mb region of mouse chromosome 1 containing the gene for the neural tube defect mutant loop-tail (Lp)". Genomics 56 (2): 149–59. Apr 1999. doi:10.1006/geno.1998.5701. PMID 10051400. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: PFDN2 prefoldin subunit 2". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=5202. 

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