PCGF2

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

PCGF2

Identifiers

Aliases

PCGF2, MEL-18, RNF110, ZNF144, polycomb group ring finger 2, TPFS

External IDs

OMIM: 600346; MGI: 99161; HomoloGene: 5174; GeneCards: PCGF2; OMA:PCGF2 - orthologs

Gene location (Human)

Chr.	Chromosome 17 (human)^[1]

Band	17q12	Start	38,733,898 bp^[1]
Band	17q12	End	38,749,817 bp^[1]

Gene location (Mouse)

Chr.	Chromosome 11 (mouse)^[2]

Band	11 D\|11 61.06 cM	Start	97,579,649 bp^[2]
Band	11 D\|11 61.06 cM	End	97,591,323 bp^[2]

RNA expression pattern

Bgee

Human

Mouse (ortholog)

Top expressed in

ganglionic eminence

stromal cell of endometrium

ventricular zone

pituitary gland

anterior pituitary

canal of the cervix

human kidney

body of uterus

left lobe of thyroid gland

right lobe of thyroid gland

Top expressed in

genital tubercle

tail of embryo

ventricular zone

gallbladder

superior surface of tongue

epiblast

neural layer of retina

yolk sac

plantaris muscle

superior frontal gyrus

More reference expression data

BioGPS


More reference expression data

Gene ontology
Molecular function	metal ion binding chromatin binding DNA-binding transcription factor activity DNA binding protein binding promoter-specific chromatin binding
Cellular component	nucleoplasm nucleus sex chromatin nuclear body PcG protein complex PRC1 complex
Biological process	anterior/posterior pattern specification transcription, DNA-templated negative regulation of apoptotic signaling pathway embryonic skeletal system morphogenesis cellular response to hydrogen peroxide histone acetylation in utero embryonic development regulation of transcription, DNA-templated embryonic skeletal system development negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II histone H2A-K119 monoubiquitination negative regulation of G0 to G1 transition
Sources:Amigo / QuickGO

Orthologs

Species

Human

Mouse

Entrez


7703


22658

Ensembl


ENSG00000277258 ENSG00000278644


ENSMUSG00000018537

UniProt


P35227


P23798

RefSeq (mRNA)


NM_007144 NM_001369614 NM_001369615


NM_001163307 NM_001163308 NM_009545

RefSeq (protein)


NP_009075 NP_001356543 NP_001356544


NP_001156779 NP_001156780 NP_033571

Location (UCSC)

Chr 17: 38.73 – 38.75 Mb

Chr 11: 97.58 – 97.59 Mb

PubMed search

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Wikidata

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Polycomb group RING finger protein 2, PCGF2, also known as MEL18 or RNF110, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCGF2 gene.^[5]^[6]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene contains a RING finger motif. PCGF2 is a component of the canonical PRC1 complex composed of RING1A/B, CBX2/CBX4, polyhomeotic (PHC) proteins and is very similar to the PCGF4/BMI1 containing PRC1.^[7]^[8] Canonical PRC1 binds to chromatin via the chromodomain of the CBX subunit that recognizes the H3K27me3 mark deposited by PRC2.^[9]^[10] Canonical PRC1 complexes have been shown to compact chromatin and mediate higher-order chromatin structures.^[11]^[12]^[13]

Polycomb complexes maintain the transcription repression of genes involved in embryogenesis, cell cycles, and tumorigenesis. PCGF2 was shown to act as a negative regulator of transcription and has tumor suppressor activity. The expression of this gene was detected in various tumor cells, but is limited in neural organs in normal tissues. Knockout studies in mice suggested that this protein may negatively regulate the expression of different cytokines, chemokines, and chemokine receptors, and thus plays an important role in lymphocyte differentiation and migration, as well as in immune responses.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ENSG00000278644 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000277258, ENSG00000278644 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000018537 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ Ishida A, Asano H, Hasegawa M, Koseki H, Ono T, Yoshida MC, Taniguchi M, Kanno M (July 1993). "Cloning and chromosome mapping of the human Mel-18 gene which encodes a DNA-binding protein with a new 'RING-finger' motif". Gene. 129 (2): 249–55. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(93)90275-8. PMID 8325509.
^ ^a ^b "Entrez Gene: PCGF2 polycomb group ring finger 2".
^ Gao Z, Zhang J, Bonasio R, Strino F, Sawai A, Parisi F, et al. (February 2012). "PCGF homologs, CBX proteins, and RYBP define functionally distinct PRC1 family complexes". Molecular Cell. 45 (3): 344–56. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2012.01.002. PMC 3293217. PMID 22325352.
^ Hauri S, Comoglio F, Seimiya M, Gerstung M, Glatter T, Hansen K, et al. (October 2016). "A High-Density Map for Navigating the Human Polycomb Complexome". Cell Reports. 17 (2): 583–595. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2016.08.096. hdl:20.500.11850/122094. PMID 27705803.
^ Bernstein E, Duncan EM, Masui O, Gil J, Heard E, Allis CD (April 2006). "Mouse polycomb proteins bind differentially to methylated histone H3 and RNA and are enriched in facultative heterochromatin". Molecular and Cellular Biology. 26 (7): 2560–9. doi:10.1128/MCB.26.7.2560-2569.2006. PMC 1430336. PMID 16537902.
^ Cao R, Wang L, Wang H, Xia L, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, et al. (November 2002). "Role of histone H3 lysine 27 methylation in Polycomb-group silencing". Science. 298 (5595): 1039–43. Bibcode:2002Sci...298.1039C. doi:10.1126/science.1076997. PMID 12351676. S2CID 6265267.
^ Fursova NA, Blackledge NP, Nakayama M, Ito S, Koseki Y, Farcas AM, et al. (June 2019). "Synergy between Variant PRC1 Complexes Defines Polycomb-Mediated Gene Repression". Molecular Cell. 74 (5): 1020–1036.e8. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2019.03.024. PMC 6561741. PMID 31029541.
^ Blackledge NP, Fursova NA, Kelley JR, Huseyin MK, Feldmann A, Klose RJ (February 2020). "PRC1 Catalytic Activity Is Central to Polycomb System Function". Molecular Cell. 77 (4): 857–874.e9. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2019.12.001. PMC 7033600. PMID 31883950.
^ Boyle S, Flyamer IM, Williamson I, Sengupta D, Bickmore WA, Illingworth RS (July 2020). "A central role for canonical PRC1 in shaping the 3D nuclear landscape". Genes & Development. 34 (13–14): 931–949. doi:10.1101/gad.336487.120. PMC 7328521. PMID 32439634.

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