ECT2

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ECT2
Protein ECT2 PDB 2cou.png
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
Aliases ECT2 , ARHGEF31, epithelial cell transforming 2
External IDs OMIM: 600586; MGI: 95281; HomoloGene: 7298; GeneCards: ECT2; OMA:ECT2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001258315
NM_001258316
NM_018098

NM_001177625
NM_001177626
NM_007900

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001171096
NP_001171097
NP_031926

Location (UCSC)n/a Chr 3: 27.15 – 27.21 Mb
PubMed search [2] [3]
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Protein ECT2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ECT2 gene. [4] [5] [6]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a transforming protein that is related to Rho-specific exchange factors and yeast cell cycle regulators. The expression of this gene is elevated with the onset of DNA synthesis and remains elevated during G2 and M phases. In situ hybridization analysis showed that expression is at a high level in cells undergoing mitosis in regenerating liver. Thus, this protein is expressed in a cell cycle-dependent manner during liver regeneration, and is thought to have an important role in the regulation of cytokinesis. [6]

Interactions

ECT2 has been shown to interact with PARD6A. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000027699 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. Miki T, Smith CL, Long JE, Eva A, Fleming TP (Apr 1993). "Oncogene ect2 is related to regulators of small GTP-binding proteins". Nature. 362 (6419): 462–5. Bibcode:1993Natur.362..462M. doi:10.1038/362462a0. PMID   8464478. S2CID   722736.
  5. Tatsumoto T, Xie X, Blumenthal R, Okamoto I, Miki T (Dec 1999). "Human ECT2 is an exchange factor for Rho GTPases, phosphorylated in G2/M phases, and involved in cytokinesis". J. Cell Biol. 147 (5): 921–8. doi:10.1083/jcb.147.5.921. PMC   2169345 . PMID   10579713.
  6. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: ECT2 epithelial cell transforming sequence 2 oncogene".
  7. Liu XF, Ishida H, Raziuddin R, Miki T (Aug 2004). "Nucleotide exchange factor ECT2 interacts with the polarity protein complex Par6/Par3/protein kinase Czeta (PKCzeta) and regulates PKCzeta activity". Mol. Cell. Biol. 24 (15): 6665–75. doi:10.1128/MCB.24.15.6665-6675.2004. PMC   444862 . PMID   15254234.

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