NDRG2

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Protein NDRG2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NDRG2 gene (NMYC downstrean-regulated gene 2).[1][2]

Function

This gene is a member of the N-myc downregulated gene family which belongs to the alpha/beta hydrolase superfamily. The protein encoded by this gene is a cytoplasmic protein that may play a role in neurite outgrowth. This gene may be involved in glioblastoma and aggressive meningioma carcinogenesis (via cell proliferation[3]).[4] Several alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been described, but the full-length nature of some of these variants has not been determined.[2]

References

  1. Kalaydjieva L, Gresham D, Gooding R, Heather L, Baas F, de Jonge R, Blechschmidt K, Angelicheva D, Chandler D, Worsley P, Rosenthal A, King RH, Thomas PK (Aug 2000). "N-myc downstream-regulated gene 1 is mutated in hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy-Lom". Am J Hum Genet. 67 (1): 47–58. doi:10.1086/302978. PMC 1287101. PMID 10831399.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: NDRG2 NDRG family member 2".
  3. Deng Y, Yao L, Chau L, Ng SS, Peng Y, Liu X, Au WS, Wang J, Li F, Ji S, Han H, Nie X, Li Q, Kung HF, Leung SY, Lin MC (September 2003). "N-Myc downstream-regulated gene 2 (NDRG2) inhibits glioblastoma cell proliferation". Int. J. Cancer. 106 (3): 342–7. doi:10.1002/ijc.11228. PMID 12845671.
  4. Lusis EA, Watson MA, Chicoine MR, Lyman M, Roerig P, Reifenberger G, Gutmann DH, Perry A (August 2005). "Integrative genomic analysis identifies NDRG2 as a candidate tumor suppressor gene frequently inactivated in clinically aggressive meningioma". Cancer Res. 65 (16): 7121–6. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-0043. PMID 16103061.

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