NKX2-2

NK2 homeobox 2
Identifiers
Symbols NKX2-2 ; NKX2.2; NKX2B
External IDs OMIM: 604612 MGI: 97347 HomoloGene: 1879 GeneCards: NKX2-2 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 4821 18088
Ensembl ENSG00000125820 ENSMUSG00000027434
UniProt O95096 P42586
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_002509 NM_001077632
RefSeq (protein) NP_002500 NP_001071100
Location (UCSC) Chr 20:
21.51 – 21.51 Mb
Chr 2:
147.18 – 147.19 Mb
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Homeobox protein Nkx-2.2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NKX2-2 gene.[1][2][3]

Homeobox protein Nkx-2.2 contains a homeobox domain and may be involved in the morphogenesis of the central nervous system. This gene is found on chromosome 20 near NKX2-4, and these two genes appear to be duplicated on chromosome 14 in the form of TITF1 and NKX2-8. The encoded protein is likely to be a nuclear transcription factor.[3]

The expression of Nkx2-2 is regulated by an antisense RNA called Nkx2-2as.[4]

In the developing spinal cord, Nkx-2.2 regulates IRX3 thereby contributing to the proper differentiation of the ventral horn neurons.[5]

References

  1. Furuta H, Horikawa Y, Iwasaki N, Hara M, Sussel L, Le Beau MM, Davis EM, Ogata M, Iwamoto Y, German MS, Bell GI (Aug 1998). "Beta-cell transcription factors and diabetes: mutations in the coding region of the BETA2/NeuroD1 (NEUROD1) and Nkx2.2 (NKX2B) genes are not associated with maturity-onset diabetes of the young in Japanese". Diabetes 47 (8): 1356–8. doi:10.2337/diabetes.47.8.1356. PMID 9703340.
  2. Price M, Lazzaro D, Pohl T, Mattei MG, Rüther U, Olivo JC, Duboule D, Di Lauro R (Feb 1992). "Regional expression of the homeobox gene Nkx-2.2 in the developing mammalian forebrain". Neuron 8 (2): 241–55. doi:10.1016/0896-6273(92)90291-K. PMID 1346742.
  3. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: NKX2-2 NK2 transcription factor related, locus 2 (Drosophila)".
  4. Tochitani S, Hayashizaki Y (Aug 2008). "Nkx2.2 antisense RNA overexpression enhanced oligodendrocytic differentiation". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 372 (4): 691–6. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.05.127. PMID 18538132.
  5. Lovrics A, Gao Y, Juhász B, Bock I, Byrne HM, Dinnyés A, Kovács KA (November 2014). "Boolean modelling reveals new regulatory connections between transcription factors orchestrating the development of the ventral spinal cord". PLOS ONE 9 (11): e111430. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0111430. PMID 25398016.

Further reading

  • Hessabi B, Schmidt I, Walther R (Apr 2000). "The homeodomain of Nkx2.2 carries two cooperatively acting nuclear localization signals". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 270 (3): 695–700. doi:10.1006/bbrc.2000.2491. PMID 10772886. 
  • Wang CC, Brodnicki T, Copeland NG, Jenkins NA, Harvey RP (Jun 2000). "Conserved linkage of NK-2 homeobox gene pairs Nkx2-2/2-4 and Nkx2-1/2-9 in mammals". Mammalian Genome 11 (6): 466–8. doi:10.1007/s003350010089. PMID 10818213. 
  • Sun T, Dong H, Wu L, Kane M, Rowitch DH, Stiles CD (Oct 2003). "Cross-repressive interaction of the Olig2 and Nkx2.2 transcription factors in developing neural tube associated with formation of a specific physical complex". The Journal of Neuroscience 23 (29): 9547–56. PMID 14573534. 
  • Smith R, Owen LA, Trem DJ, Wong JS, Whangbo JS, Golub TR, Lessnick SL (May 2006). "Expression profiling of EWS/FLI identifies NKX2.2 as a critical target gene in Ewing's sarcoma". Cancer Cell 9 (5): 405–16. doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2006.04.004. PMID 16697960. 
  • Pauls S, Zecchin E, Tiso N, Bortolussi M, Argenton F (Apr 2007). "Function and regulation of zebrafish nkx2.2a during development of pancreatic islet and ducts". Developmental Biology 304 (2): 875–90. doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.01.024. PMID 17335795. 

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