NEU2

Sialidase-2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the NEU2 gene.[5][6][7]

NEU2
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesNEU2, SIAL2, neuraminidase 2 (cytosolic sialidase), neuraminidase 2
External IDsOMIM: 605528 MGI: 1344417 HomoloGene: 3927 GeneCards: NEU2
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 2 (human)[1]
Band2q37.1Start233,032,672 bp[1]
End233,035,057 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

4759

23956

Ensembl

ENSG00000115488

ENSMUSG00000079434

UniProt

Q9Y3R4

Q9JMH3

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_005383

NM_001160163
NM_001160164
NM_001160165
NM_015750

RefSeq (protein)

NP_005374

NP_001153635
NP_001153636
NP_001153637
NP_056565

Location (UCSC)Chr 2: 233.03 – 233.04 MbChr 1: 87.51 – 87.6 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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This gene belongs to a family of glycohydrolytic enzymes which remove sialic acid residues from glycoproteins and glycolipids. Expression studies in COS7 cells confirmed that this gene encodes a functional sialidase. Its cytosolic localization was demonstrated by cell fractionation experiments.[7]

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000115488 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000079434 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Monti E, Preti A, Rossi E, Ballabio A, Borsani G (Jun 1999). "Cloning and characterization of NEU2, a human gene homologous to rodent soluble sialidases". Genomics. 57 (1): 137–143. doi:10.1006/geno.1999.5749. PMID 10191093.
  6. Tringali C, Papini N, Fusi P, Croci G, Borsani G, Preti A, Tortora P, Tettamanti G, Venerando B, Monti E (Jan 2004). "Properties of recombinant human cytosolic sialidase HsNEU2. The enzyme hydrolyzes monomerically dispersed GM1 ganglioside molecules". J Biol Chem. 279 (5): 3169–3179. doi:10.1074/jbc.M308381200. PMID 14613940.
  7. "Entrez Gene: NEU2 sialidase 2 (cytosolic sialidase)".

Further reading

  • PDBe-KB provides an overview of all the structure information available in the PDB for Human Sialidase-2


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