ESCO2
Sign in to saveAlso known as 2410004I17Rik, EFO2, RBS, establishment of sister chromatid cohesion N-acetyltransferase 2, EFO2p, hEFO2, JHS
thumb|The ESCO2 gene is located on the short (p) arm of chromosome 8 at position 21.1. N-acetyltransferase ESCO2, also known as establishment of cohesion 1 homolog 2 or ECO1 homolog 2, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ESCO2 gene.
Gene data
ESCO2- Name
- establishment of sister chromatid cohesion N-acetyltransferase 2
- Type
- protein-coding
- Position
- 27,771,949–27,812,640 (+)
- Aliases
- 2410004I17Rik, EFO2, EFO2p, JHS, RBS, hEFO2
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000171320
- RefSeq RNA
- NM_001017420.3, XM_011544421.3, XM_011544422.3, XM_054359811.1, XM_054359812.1
- RefSeq protein
- NP_001017420.1, XP_011542723.1, XP_011542724.1, XP_054215786.1, XP_054215787.1
This gene encodes a protein that may have acetyltransferase activity and may be required for the establishment of sister chromatid cohesion during the S phase of mitosis. Mutations in this gene have been associated with Roberts syndrome. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].
Gene Ontology
Biological process
Molecular function
Cellular component
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Gene · Ensembl
establishment of sister chromatid cohesion N-acetyltransferase 2
- Symbol
- ESCO2
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 8:27,771,949-27,812,640
- Strand
- Forward (+)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
Wikidata facts
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- HomoloGene ID
- 12432
- genomic end
- 27670157
- genomic start
- 27771949
- Commons category
- ESCO2
- exact match
- identifiers.org/ncbigene/157570
- cytogenetic location
- 8p21.1
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- Function
- Clinical significance
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thumb|The ESCO2 gene is located on the short (p) arm of chromosome 8 at position 21.1. N-acetyltransferase ESCO2, also known as establishment of cohesion 1 homolog 2 or ECO1 homolog 2, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ESCO2 gene.
== Function ==