ECT2

ECT2
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
Aliases ECT2, ARHGEF31, epithelial cell transforming 2
External IDs MGI: 95281 HomoloGene: 7298 GeneCards: ECT2
Genetically Related Diseases
obesity[1]
RNA expression pattern




More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

1894

13605

Ensembl

ENSG00000114346

ENSMUSG00000027699

UniProt

Q9H8V3

Q07139

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001258315
NM_001258316
NM_018098

NM_001177625
NM_001177626
NM_007900

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001245244.1
NP_001245245.1
NP_060568.3

NP_001171096.1
NP_001171097.1
NP_031926.2

Location (UCSC) Chr 3: 172.75 – 172.82 Mb Chr 3: 27.1 – 27.15 Mb
PubMed search [2] [3]
Wikidata
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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

Further reading


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