HECW2

HECT, C2 and WW domain containing E3 ubiquitin protein ligase 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HECW2 gene.^[5]

HECW2
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes 2LFE
Identifiers
Aliases	HECW2, NEDL2, HECT, C2 and WW domain containing E3 ubiquitin protein ligase 2, NDHSAL
External IDs	OMIM: 617245; MGI: 2685817; HomoloGene: 66192; GeneCards: HECW2; OMA:HECW2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 2 (human)[1] Band 2q32.3 Start 196,189,099 bp[1] End 196,593,684 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 1 (mouse)[2] Band 1|1 C1.1 Start 53,846,035 bp[2] End 54,234,327 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in myocardium of left ventricle Brodmann area 23 middle temporal gyrus visceral pleura testicle upper lobe of lung upper lobe of left lung right lung primary visual cortex Brodmann area 46 Top expressed in epithelium of stomach lumbar subsegment of spinal cord substantia nigra medial geniculate nucleus lateral geniculate nucleus primary motor cortex habenula medial dorsal nucleus prefrontal cortex lobe of cerebellum More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function transferase activity ubiquitin-protein transferase activity protein binding ubiquitin protein ligase activity Cellular component mitotic spindle spindle cytoskeleton cytoplasm Biological process protein ubiquitination regulation of mitotic metaphase/anaphase transition proteasome-mediated ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process protein polyubiquitination ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process positive regulation of protein catabolic process regulation of dendrite morphogenesis negative regulation of sodium ion transmembrane transporter activity Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 57520 329152 Ensembl ENSG00000138411 ENSMUSG00000042807 UniProt Q9P2P5 Q6I6G8 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001304840 NM_020760 NM_001348768 NM_001001883 NM_172655 RefSeq (protein) NP_001291769 NP_065811 NP_001335697 NP_001001883 NP_766243 Location (UCSC) Chr 2: 196.19 – 196.59 Mb Chr 1: 53.85 – 54.23 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Clinical significance

Mutations in the HECW2 gene have been associated to epilepsy and intellectual disability. These mutations affect one copy of the HECW2 gene and are believed to change the function of the HECW2 protein.^[6]