CDYL2
Sign in to saveAlso known as PCCP1, chromodomain protein, Y-like 2, chromodomain Y like 2
Chromodomain protein, Y-like 2 is a protein in humans that is encoded by the CDYL2 gene. It localizes to the nucleus, where it acts as a chromatin reader recognizing trimethylation of Histone H3 lysine 9 and repressing transcription.
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Within Vinony's link graph, CDYL2 is referenced by 2 other articles, and connects out to human chromosome 16, Ensembl genome database project and protein.
Vinony files it under Genes on human chromosome 16 and Human proteins.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Gene data
CDYL2- Name
- chromodomain Y like 2
- Type
- protein-coding
- Position
- 80,597,907–80,804,611 (−)
- Aliases
- PCCP1
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000166446
- RefSeq RNA
- NM_152342.4, XM_011522866.2, XM_011522867.3, XM_024450151.2, XM_054379596.1
- RefSeq protein
- NP_689555.2, XP_011521168.1, XP_011521169.1, XP_024305919.1, XP_054235571.1
Predicted to enable transcription corepressor activity. Predicted to be involved in negative regulation of transcription, DNA-templated. Predicted to be active in nucleus. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]
Gene Ontology
Biological process
Molecular function
via MyGene.info
Gene · Ensembl
chromodomain Y like 2
- Symbol
- CDYL2
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 16:80,597,907-80,804,611
- Strand
- Reverse (−)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- gene
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- HomoloGene ID
- 41779
- genetic association
- breast cancer
- found in taxon
- Homo sapiens
- exact match
- identifiers.org/ncbigene/124359
- genomic end
- 80804598
- genomic start
- 80597907
- chromosome
- human chromosome 16
- cytogenetic location
- 16q23.2
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Chromodomain protein, Y-like 2 is a protein in humans that is encoded by the CDYL2 gene. It localizes to the nucleus, where it acts as a chromatin reader recognizing trimethylation of Histone H3 lysine 9 and repressing transcription.
== References ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “CDYL2” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.