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nitrilase homolog 2 (NIT2)

Function: - overexpression decreases the colony-forming capacity of cultured cells by arresting cells in the G2 phase of the cell cycle Structure: - belongs to the UPF0012 family - contains 1 CN hydrolase domain Compartment: cytoplasm Expression: - detected in fetal brain (at protein level) - ubiquitous - detected in heart, brain, placenta, lung, liver, skeletal muscle, kidney, pancreas, prostate, spleen, thymus, prostate, testis, ovary, small intestine & colon Mass spectroscopy: mass=30585; Method=maldi [2]

General

enzyme phosphoprotein

Properties

SIZE: entity length = 276 aa MW = 31 kD COMPARTMENT: cytoplasm MOTIF: CN hydrolase {4-270} MOTIF: glutamate residue {E43} lysine residue {K112} Tyr phosphorylation site {Y145} cysteine residue {C153} Ser phosphorylation site {S266} Tyr phosphorylation site {Y269}

Database Correlations

UniProt Q9NQR4 Pfam PF00795 Kegg hsa:5695

References

  1. UniProt :accession Q9NQR4
  2. Lin CH, Chung MY, Chen WB, Chien CH. Growth inhibitory effect of the human NIT2 gene and its allelic imbalance in cancers. FEBS J. 2007 Jun;274(11):2946-56. Epub 2007 May 4. PMID: 17488281