Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 10769
Gene name Polo like kinase 2
Gene symbol PLK2
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
SNKhPlk2hSNK
Chromosome 5
Chromosome location 5q11.2
Summary The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the polo family of serine/threonine protein kinases that have a role in normal cell division. This gene is most abundantly expressed in testis, spleen and fetal tissues, and its expression is inducible by se
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT000344 hsa-miR-126-3p Review 20029422
MIRT004642 hsa-miR-126-5p Review 20029422
MIRT000344 hsa-miR-126-3p Luciferase reporter assayqRT-PCR 18832181
MIRT000344 hsa-miR-126-3p Luciferase reporter assayqRT-PCR 18832181
MIRT023782 hsa-miR-1-3p Microarray 18668037
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0000082 Process G1/S transition of mitotic cell cycle IBA
GO:0000082 Process G1/S transition of mitotic cell cycle IEA
GO:0000082 Process G1/S transition of mitotic cell cycle IMP 15242618
GO:0000166 Function Nucleotide binding IEA
GO:0000278 Process Mitotic cell cycle IEA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
607023 19699 ENSG00000145632
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
Q9NYY3
Protein name Serine/threonine-protein kinase PLK2 (EC 2.7.11.21) (Polo-like kinase 2) (PLK-2) (hPlk2) (Serine/threonine-protein kinase SNK) (hSNK) (Serum-inducible kinase)
Protein function Tumor suppressor serine/threonine-protein kinase involved in synaptic plasticity, centriole duplication and G1/S phase transition. Polo-like kinases act by binding and phosphorylating proteins that are already phosphorylated on a specific motif
PDB 4I5M , 4I5P , 4I6B , 4I6F , 4I6H , 4RS6 , 4XB0
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF00069 Pkinase 82 334 Protein kinase domain Domain
PF00659 POLO_box 511 572 POLO box duplicated region Family
PF00659 POLO_box 607 676 POLO box duplicated region Family
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed at higher level in the fetal lung, kidney, spleen and heart. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11696980}.
Sequence
MELLRTITYQPAASTKMCEQALGKGCGADSKKKRPPQPPEESQPPQSQAQVPPAAPHHHH
HHSHSGPEISRIIVDPTTGKRYCRGKVLGKGGFAKCYEMTDLTNNKVYAAKIIPHSRVAK
PHQREKIDKEIELHRILHHKHVVQFYHYFEDKENIYILLEYCSRRSMAHILKARKVLTEP
EVRYYLRQIVSGLKYLHEQEILHRDLKLGNFFINEAMELKVGDFGLAARLEPLEHRRRTI
CGTPNYLSPEVLNKQGHGCESDIWALGCVMYTMLLGRPPFETTNLKETYRCIREARYTMP
SSLLAPAKHLIASMLSKNPEDRPSLDDIIRHDFF
LQGFTPDRLSSSCCHTVPDFHLSSPA
KNFFKKAAAALFGGKKDKARYIDTHNRVSKEDEDIYKLRHDLKKTSITQQPSKHRTDEEL
QPPTTTVARSGTPAVENKQQIGDAIRMIVRGTLGSCSSSSECLEDSTMGSVADTVARVLR
GCLENMPEADCIPKEQLSTSFQWVTKWVDYSNKYGFGYQLSDHTVGVLFNNGAHMSLLPD
KKTVHYYAELGQCSVFPATDAPEQFISQVTVL
KYFSHYMEENLMDGGDLPSVTDIRRPRL
YLLQWLKSDKALMMLFNDGTFQVNFYHDHTKIIICSQNEEYLLTYINEDRISTTFRLTTL
LMSGCSSELKNRMEYA
LNMLLQRCN
Sequence length 685
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG  Reactome
  FoxO signaling pathway   TP53 regulates transcription of additional cell cycle genes whose exact role in the p53 pathway remain uncertain
CD163 mediating an anti-inflammatory response
Associated diseases Disease associations from ClinVar (causal & non-causal) and other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.).
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Evidence Score: ★☆☆☆☆  Gene-disease association found in Text Mining only ★★☆☆☆  Found in Text Mining and Unknown/Other Associations ★★★☆☆  Reported in Unknown/Other Associations across ≥2 Sources ★★★★☆  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants) ★★★★★  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
Causal Diseases associated with Pathogenic or Likely Pathogenic variants in ClinVar
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance dbSNP ID RCV Accession Evidence Score
Hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome Pathogenic rs772701630 RCV001374507
★★★★☆
ClinVar: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants)
Unknown / Other Associations ClinVar entries with uncertain/conflicting evidence, and associations from other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.) where the gene is not established as causal.
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance Source Evidence Score
ALZHEIMER DISEASE GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE CTD
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
ASTROCYTOMA GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Associations from Text Mining Disease associations identified through text mining
Disease Name Disease (Merged) Source PMID Relationship Type Evidence Score
Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma BEFREE 16160013, 29448085
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder) Lung adenocarcinoma UNIPROT_DG
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Adenoma Adenoma BEFREE 29448085
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Anaplastic carcinoma Anaplastic Carcinoma CTD_human_DG 12376462
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Astrocytoma Astrocytoma Pubtator 26378811 Associate
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
B-Cell Lymphomas B-Cell Lymphoma BEFREE 29132010
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
B-CELL MALIGNANCY, LOW-GRADE Lymphocytic Leukemia BEFREE 19764992
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Bladder Neoplasm Bladder Neoplasm BEFREE 19506885
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Breast Carcinoma Breast Carcinoma BEFREE 30327465
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Breast Neoplasms Breast neoplasm Pubtator 30327465 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only