Biology:UBE2G2

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


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Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 G2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the UBE2G2 gene.[1][2][3]

The modification of proteins with ubiquitin is an important cellular mechanism for targeting abnormal or short-lived proteins for degradation. Ubiquitination involves at least three classes of enzymes: ubiquitin-activating enzymes, or E1s, ubiquin-conjugating enzymes, or E2s, and ubiquitin-protein ligases, or E3s. This gene encodes a member of the E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme family. The encoded protein shares 100% sequence identity with the mouse counterpart. This gene is ubiquitously expressed, with high expression seen in adult muscle. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been found for this gene.[3] Ube2g2 is known to interact with a variety of other proteins, including ubiquitin, the E3 gp78, and the Hrd1 RING.

References

  1. "Identification, expression, and chromosomal localization of ubiquitin conjugating enzyme 7 (UBE2G2), a human homologue of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae ubc7 gene". Genomics 51 (1): 128–31. Sep 1998. doi:10.1006/geno.1998.5263. PMID 9693041. 
  2. "Assignment1 of the ubiquitin conjugating enzyme gene, UBE2G2, to human chromosome band 21q22.3 by in situ hybridization". Cytogenet Cell Genet 83 (1–2): 98–9. Mar 1999. doi:10.1159/000015141. PMID 9925943. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: UBE2G2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2G 2 (UBC7 homolog, yeast)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=7327. 

Further reading

External links

  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: P60604 (Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 G2) at the PDBe-KB.