SPHK2 (sphingosine kinase 2)
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Gene
Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
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| Entrez ID | 56848 |
| Gene name | Sphingosine kinase 2 |
| Gene symbol | SPHK2 |
| Synonyms (NCBI Gene) |
SK 2SK-2SPK 2SPK-2
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| Chromosome | 19 |
| Chromosome location | 19q13.33 |
| Summary | This gene encodes one of two sphingosine kinase isozymes that catalyze the phosphorylation of sphingosine into sphingosine 1-phosphate. Sphingosine 1-phosphate mediates many cellular processes including migration, proliferation and apoptosis, and also pla |
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miRNA
miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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Gene ontology (GO)
Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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Other IDs
Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
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Protein
Protein information from UniProt database.
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UniProt ID
Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
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| Protein name | Sphingosine kinase 2 (SK 2) (SPK 2) (EC 2.7.1.91) | ||||||||||
| Protein function | Catalyzes the phosphorylation of sphingosine to form sphingosine-1-phosphate (SPP), a lipid mediator with both intra- and extracellular functions. Also acts on D-erythro-dihydrosphingosine, D-erythro-sphingosine and L-threo-dihydrosphingosine. B | ||||||||||
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| Tissue specificity | TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Mainly expressed in adult kidney, liver, and brain (PubMed:10751414). Expressed in cerebral cortex and hippocampus (at protein level) (PubMed:29615132). Isoform 1 is the predominant form expressed in most tissues (PubMed:16103110). {EC | ||||||||||
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| Sequence length | 654 | ||||||||||
| Interactions | View interactions | ||||||||||
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Pathways
Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
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Associated diseases
Disease associations from ClinVar categorized as Causal (Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic) or Unknown.
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