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Homo sapiens Gene: VSX2
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-11935.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol VSX2
Gene Name visual system homeobox 2
Synonyms
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Gene ENSG00000119614
Encoded Proteins
IDBP-11937
visual system homeobox 2
Protein Structure
Useful resources Stemformatics EHFPI ImmGen
Entrez Gene
Summary This gene encodes a homeobox protein originally described as a retina-specific transcription factor. Mutations in this gene are associated with microphthalmia, cataracts and iris abnormalities. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2009]
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 14:74239472-74262738
Strand Forward strand
Band q24.3
Transcripts
ENST00000261980 ENSP00000261980
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 2 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 3 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.
Experimentally validated
Total 2 [view]
Protein-Protein 2 [view]
Protein-DNA 0
Protein-RNA 0
DNA-DNA 0
RNA-RNA 0
DNA-RNA 0
Predicted by orthology
Total 3 [view]
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0003677 DNA binding
GO:0003700 sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity
GO:0005515 protein binding
GO:0043565 sequence-specific DNA binding
Biological Process
GO:0006351 transcription, DNA-templated
GO:0007601 visual perception
GO:0008284 positive regulation of cell proliferation
GO:0008285 negative regulation of cell proliferation
GO:0043010 camera-type eye development
GO:0045165 cell fate commitment
GO:0045944 positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter
GO:0050896 response to stimulus
GO:0060040 retinal bipolar neuron differentiation
GO:0060042 retina morphogenesis in camera-type eye
Cellular Component
GO:0005622 intracellular
GO:0005634 nucleus
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Orthologs
Species
Mus musculus
Bos taurus
Gene ID
Gene Order
ENSMUSG00000021239
View Gene Order
ENSBTAG00000014632
Not yet available
Cross-References
SwissProt
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene
UniGene Hs.449771
RefSeq NM_182894
HUGO
OMIM
CCDS CCDS9827
HPRD 08852
IMGT
EMBL
GenPept
RNA Seq Atlas

If you use InnateDB for your research, please cite the following publication:

Breuer et al., InnateDB: systems biology of innate immunity and beyond - recent updates and continuing curation. Nucl. Acids Res. (2013) 41 (D1) 

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Funding is currently provided by Allergen and EMBL Australia. Previous funding has been provided by Genome Canada, the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health through the Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative and by Teagasc. InnateDB curated interactions are licensed under the Design Science License. All other data is licensed under the terms of the originating database. Contact: innatedb-mail@sfu.ca