OAZ2 ornithine decarboxylase antizyme 2 [Macaca mulatta (Rhesus monkey)] - Gene

Summary

Gene symbol: OAZ2
Gene description: ornithine decarboxylase antizyme 2
See related: Ensembl:ENSMMUG00000044385
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: REVIEWED
Organism: Macaca mulatta
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Cercopithecidae; Cercopithecinae; Macaca
Summary: The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the ornithine decarboxylase antizyme family, which plays a role in cell growth and proliferation by regulating intracellular polyamine levels. Expression of antizymes requires +1 ribosomal frameshifting, which is enhanced by high levels of polyamine in cells. Antizymes in turn bind to and inhibit ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), the key enzyme in polyamine biosynthesis pathway; thus, completing the auto-regulatory circuit. This gene encodes antizyme 2, the second member of the antizyme family. Like antizyme 1, antizyme 2 has broad tissue distribution, inhibits ODC activity and polyamine uptake, and stimulates ODC degradation in vivo, however, it fails to promote ODC degradation in vitro. Antizyme 2 is expressed at lower levels than antizyme 1, but is evolutionary more conserved, suggesting it likely has an important biological role. Studies also show different subcellular localization of antizymes 1 and 2, indicating specific function for each antizyme in discrete compartments of the cell. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2014]
Orthologs: human mouse all
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Genomic context

Location:: chromosome: 7

Exon count:: 5

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
103	current	Mmul_10 (GCF_003339765.1)	7	NC_041760.1 (41208672..41224071, complement)
102	previous assembly	Mmul_8.0.1 (GCF_000772875.2)	7	NC_027899.1 (41328737..41344139, complement)

Chromosome 7 - NC_041760.1 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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General gene information

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Markers

Oaz2-ps (e-PCR), detects polymorphism
- UniSTS:531479

Oaz2 (e-PCR), detects polymorphism
- UniSTS:527466

Gene Ontology Provided by RefSeq

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables ornithine decarboxylase inhibitor activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info	PubMed

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in positive regulation of protein catabolic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info	PubMed

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in cytoplasm	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info	PubMed
located_in nucleus	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info	PubMed

General protein information

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Preferred Names: ornithine decarboxylase antizyme 2

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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