DNA2L

DNA2
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
Aliases DNA2, DNA2L, hDNA replication helicase/nuclease 2
External IDs MGI: 2443732 HomoloGene: 6124 GeneCards: DNA2
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

1763

327762

Ensembl

ENSG00000138346

ENSMUSG00000036875

UniProt

P51530

Q6ZQJ5

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001080449

NM_177372

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001073918.2

NP_796346.2

Location (UCSC) Chr 10: 68.41 – 68.47 Mb Chr 10: 62.95 – 62.97 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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DNA2-like helicase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DNA2 gene.[3][4][5] Dna2, a homolog of DNA2KL present in budding yeast, possesses both helicase and nuclease activity, with which it helps catalyze early steps in homologous recombination.[6]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Eki T, Okumura K, Shiratori A, Abe M, Nogami M, Taguchi H, Shibata T, Murakami Y, Hanaoka F (Mar 1997). "Assignment of the closest human homologue (DNA2L:KIAA0083) of the yeast Dna2 helicase gene to chromosome band 10q21.3-q22.1". Genomics. 37 (3): 408–10. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.0581. PMID 8938459.
  4. Masuda-Sasa T, Polaczek P, Campbell JL (Dec 2006). "Single strand annealing and ATP-independent strand exchange activities of yeast and human DNA2: possible role in Okazaki fragment maturation". J Biol Chem. 281 (50): 38555–64. doi:10.1074/jbc.M604925200. PMID 17032657.
  5. "Entrez Gene: DNA2L DNA2 DNA replication helicase 2-like (yeast)".
  6. Mimitou, EP; Symington, LS (May 2009). "Nucleases and helicases take center stage in homologous recombination". Trends in Biochemical Science. 34 (5): 264–272. doi:10.1016/j.tibs.2009.01.010. PMID 19375328.

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