Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 4436
Gene name MutS homolog 2
Gene symbol MSH2
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
COCA1FCC1HNPCCHNPCC1LCFS2LYNCH1MMRCS2MSH-2hMSH2
Chromosome 2
Chromosome location 2p21-p16.3
Summary This locus is frequently mutated in hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC). When cloned, it was discovered to be a human homolog of the E. coli mismatch repair gene mutS, consistent with the characteristic alterations in microsatellite sequences (RE
SNPs SNP information provided by dbSNP.
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SNP ID Visualize variation Clinical significance Consequence
rs11309117 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA>-,AA,AAA,AAAA,AAAAA,AAAAAA,AAAAAAA,AAAAAAAA,AAAAAAAAA,AAAAAAAAAA,AAAAAAAAAAA,AAAAAAAAAAAA,AAAAAAAAAAAAA,AAAAAAAAAAAAAA,AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA,AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA,AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA,AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA,AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA,AAAAAA Uncertain-significance, likely-benign, conflicting-interpretations-of-pathogenicity, benign Intron variant
rs12476364 G>A,C,T Likely-pathogenic, pathogenic Splice acceptor variant
rs17217716 C>G,T Benign-likely-benign, conflicting-interpretations-of-pathogenicity, uncertain-significance, benign Coding sequence variant, missense variant, intron variant, non coding transcript variant
rs17217723 A>G,T Uncertain-significance, conflicting-interpretations-of-pathogenicity Coding sequence variant, missense variant, intron variant, non coding transcript variant
rs17217772 A>C,G,T Conflicting-interpretations-of-pathogenicity, uncertain-significance, benign Coding sequence variant, missense variant, non coding transcript variant
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT000880 hsa-miR-15a-5p Microarray 18362358
MIRT000879 hsa-miR-16-5p Microarray 18362358
MIRT000460 hsa-miR-155-5p Luciferase reporter assayWestern blotNorthern blot 20351277
MIRT005429 hsa-miR-21-5p Luciferase reporter assayNorthern blotqRT-PCRWestern blot 21078976
MIRT005429 hsa-miR-21-5p Luciferase reporter assayNorthern blotqRT-PCRWestern blot 21078976
Transcription factors Transcription factors information provided by TRRUST V2 database.
3
Transcription factor Regulation Reference
DNMT1 Activation 16473673
MBD2 Unknown 15526354
NF1 Unknown 19639020
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:0000166 Function Nucleotide binding IEA
GO:0000287 Function Magnesium ion binding IDA 16403449
GO:0000400 Function Four-way junction DNA binding IDA 12034830
GO:0000781 Component Chromosome, telomeric region HDA 19135898
GO:0001701 Process In utero embryonic development IEA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
609309 7325 ENSG00000095002
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
P43246
Protein name DNA mismatch repair protein Msh2 (hMSH2) (MutS protein homolog 2)
Protein function Component of the post-replicative DNA mismatch repair system (MMR). Forms two different heterodimers: MutS alpha (MSH2-MSH6 heterodimer) and MutS beta (MSH2-MSH3 heterodimer) which binds to DNA mismatches thereby initiating DNA repair. When boun
PDB 2O8B , 2O8C , 2O8D , 2O8E , 2O8F , 3THW , 3THX , 3THY , 3THZ , 8AG6 , 8OLX , 8OM5 , 8OM9 , 8OMA , 8OMO , 8OMQ , 8R7C , 8R7E , 8R7V , 8RZ7 , 8RZ8 , 8RZ9
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF01624 MutS_I 17 132 MutS domain I Domain
PF05188 MutS_II 145 290 MutS domain II Domain
PF05192 MutS_III 305 609 MutS domain III Domain
PF05190 MutS_IV 473 569 MutS family domain IV Domain
PF00488 MutS_V 665 852 MutS domain V Domain
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Ubiquitously expressed. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10856833}.
Sequence
MAVQPKETLQLESAAEVGFVRFFQGMPEKPTTTVRLFDRGDFYTAHGEDALLAAREVFKT
QGVIKYMGPAGAKNLQSVVLSKMNFESFVKDLLLVRQYRVEVYKNRAGNKASKENDWYLA
YKASPGNLSQFE
DILFGNNDMSASIGVVGVKMSAVDGQRQVGVGYVDSIQRKLGLCEFPD
NDQFSNLEALLIQIGPKECVLPGGETAGDMGKLRQIIQRGGILITERKKADFSTKDIYQD
LNRLLKGKKGEQMNSAVLPEMENQVAVSSLSAVIKFLELLSDDSNFGQFE
LTTFDFSQYM
KLDIAAVRALNLFQGSVEDTTGSQSLAALLNKCKTPQGQRLVNQWIKQPLMDKNRIEERL
NLVEAFVEDAELRQTLQEDLLRRFPDLNRLAKKFQRQAANLQDCYRLYQGINQLPNVIQA
LEKHEGKHQKLLLAVFVTPLTDLRSDFSKFQEMIETTLDMDQVENHEFLVKP
SFDPNLSE
LREIMNDLEKKMQSTLISAARDLGLDPGKQIKLDSSAQFGYYFRVTCKEEKVLRNNKNFS
TVDIQKNGVKFTNSKLTSLNEEYTKNKTE
YEEAQDAIVKEIVNISSGYVEPMQTLNDVLA
QLDAVVSFA
HVSNGAPVPYVRPAILEKGQGRIILKASRHACVEVQDEIAFIPNDVYFEKD
KQMFHIITGPNMGGKSTYIRQTGVIVLMAQIGCFVPCESAEVSIVDCILARVGAGDSQLK
GVSTFMAEMLETASILRSATKDSLIIIDELGRGTSTYDGFGLAWAISEYIATKIGAFCMF
ATHFHELTALANQIPTVNNLHVTALTTEETLTMLYQVKKGVCDQSFGIHVAELANFPKHV
IECAKQKALELE
EFQYIGESQGYDIMEPAAKKCYLEREQGEKIIQEFLSKVKQMPFTEMS
EENITIKLKQLKAEVIAKNNSFVNEIISRIKVTT
Sequence length 934
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG  Reactome
  Platinum drug resistance
Mismatch repair
Pathways in cancer
Colorectal cancer
  Mismatch repair (MMR) directed by MSH2:MSH6 (MutSalpha)
Mismatch repair (MMR) directed by MSH2:MSH3 (MutSbeta)
Defective Mismatch Repair Associated With MSH3
Defective Mismatch Repair Associated With MSH2
Defective Mismatch Repair Associated With MSH6
TP53 Regulates Transcription of DNA Repair Genes
Associated diseases Disease associations from ClinVar categorized as Causal (Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic) or Unknown.
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Causal Diseases associated with Pathogenic or Likely Pathogenic variants in ClinVar
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance dbSNP ID RCV Accession
Breast and/or ovarian cancer Likely pathogenic; Pathogenic rs63750398, rs587779094, rs267607984 RCV001270946
RCV001270944
RCV001270945
Breast carcinoma Pathogenic rs193922376, rs63750508, rs63750199, rs63749848 RCV001579303
RCV001650893
RCV001262885
RCV001262888
Breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 1 Likely pathogenic; Pathogenic rs1558519505 RCV004584975
Carcinoma of colon Pathogenic; Likely pathogenic rs2103865151, rs2103865247, rs2103974901, rs2103974925, rs2104016560, rs2104023773, rs2104097954, rs2104242036, rs2104247370, rs2104435254, rs2104082025, rs2104334736, rs2104367663, rs2104368001, rs2104409719
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RCV001356993
RCV001356783
RCV001356850
RCV001355108
RCV001357072
RCV001357715
RCV001354320
RCV001356810
RCV001358509
RCV001357855
RCV001358615
RCV001358642
RCV001356742
RCV001355344
RCV001356779
RCV001353465
RCV000677885
RCV001353543
RCV001353396
RCV000168729
RCV000502231
RCV000501717
RCV000499437
RCV000504429
RCV000501259
RCV000501065
RCV000500942
RCV000501150
RCV000500471
RCV000504524
RCV001356815
RCV001353565
RCV000500876
RCV001353842
RCV001353542
RCV001353606
RCV001353592
RCV001353626
RCV001354006
RCV001353778
RCV000677889
RCV001356325
RCV001353393
RCV001357329
RCV001356945
RCV001353848
RCV001353948
RCV001357579
RCV001353820
RCV001353990
RCV001353422
RCV001353866
RCV001353660
RCV001358434
RCV001357211
RCV001353928
Unknown Diseases with uncertain, conflicting, or no pathogenic evidence in ClinVar
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance dbSNP ID RCV Accession
- no classification for the single variant rs587779153 -
Acute myeloid leukemia Benign rs17217772 RCV005888772
ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL, DUE TO 21-HYDROXYLASE DEFICIENCY Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity rs373226409 RCV004813065
Ataxia-telangiectasia syndrome Uncertain significance rs1573578602 RCV000844898
Associations from Text MiningDisease associations identified through Pubtator
Disease Name Relationship Type References
3 methylcrotonyl CoA carboxylase 1 deficiency Associate 26655088
Actinic cheilitis Associate 27579741
Adenocarcinoma Associate 11710827, 15354187, 16826164, 24360395, 28790115, 29972732, 30636012, 32143595, 32313185, 33982365, 38394410
Adenocarcinoma Mucinous Inhibit 26097592
Adenocarcinoma Mucinous Associate 30173239
Adenocarcinoma of Lung Associate 22865300
Adenoma Associate 11839719, 18781192, 23301373
Adenoma Inhibit 21892521
Adenoma Islet Cell Inhibit 23370766
Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Associate 15509520, 21070872, 24310308, 24518836, 30324682, 39519399