PDCD2

Programmed cell death protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PDCD2 gene.^[5][6]

PDCD2
Identifiers
Aliases	PDCD2, RP8, ZMYND7, programmed cell death 2
External IDs	OMIM: 600866; MGI: 104643; HomoloGene: 1951; GeneCards: PDCD2; OMA:PDCD2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 6 (human)[1] Band 6q27 Start 170,575,295 bp[1] End 170,584,692 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 17 (mouse)[2] Band 17 A2|17 8.95 cM Start 15,739,470 bp[2] End 15,747,563 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in gonad body of pancreas rectum granulocyte Achilles tendon body of stomach monocyte right coronary artery ganglionic eminence islet of Langerhans Top expressed in tail of embryo fossa primitive streak epiblast facial motor nucleus genital tubercle condyle medial ganglionic eminence embryo embryo More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function enzyme binding DNA binding protein binding metal ion binding Cellular component cytoplasm extracellular exosome nucleus Biological process positive regulation of apoptotic process positive regulation of hematopoietic stem cell proliferation regulation of hematopoietic progenitor cell differentiation activation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process programmed cell death apoptotic process Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 5134 18567 Ensembl ENSG00000071994 ENSMUSG00000014771 UniProt Q16342 P46718 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001199461 NM_001199462 NM_001199463 NM_001199464 NM_002598 NM_144781 NM_001363655 NM_008799 RefSeq (protein) NP_001186390 NP_001186391 NP_001186392 NP_001186393 NP_002589 NP_659005 NP_001350584 NP_032825 Location (UCSC) Chr 6: 170.58 – 170.58 Mb Chr 17: 15.74 – 15.75 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Function

This gene encodes a nuclear protein expressed in a variety of tissues. The rat homolog, Rp8, is transiently expressed in immature thymocytes and is thought to be involved in programmed cell death. Expression of the human gene has been shown to be repressed by BCL6, a transcriptional repressor required for lymph node germinal center development, suggesting that BCL6 regulates apoptosis by its effects on PDCD2. This gene is closely linked on chromosome 6 to the gene for TBP, the TATA binding protein. Six transcripts encoding different proteins have been identified.^[6]

Interactions

PDCD2 has been shown to interact with Host cell factor C1^[7] and Parkin (ligase).^[8]