EN2 (gene)

EN2
Identifiers
Aliases	EN2, engrailed homeobox 2
External IDs	OMIM: 131310; MGI: 95390; HomoloGene: 55579; GeneCards: EN2; OMA:EN2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 7 (human)
End	155,464,831 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 5 (mouse)
End	28,377,164 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	cerebellar cortex; ; cerebellar hemisphere; ; right hemisphere of cerebellum; ; cerebellar vermis; ; paraflocculus of cerebellum; ; muscle of thigh; ; substantia nigra; ; endometrium; ; gastrocnemius muscle; ; left ovary;
	Top expressed in
	lobe of cerebellum; ; cerebellar vermis; ; pineal gland; ; rhombic lip; ; substantia nigra; ; choroid plexus of fourth ventricle; ; inferior colliculi; ; lumbar subsegment of spinal cord; ; molecular layer of cerebellar cortex; ; central gray substance of midbrain;
	More reference expression data
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	sequence-specific DNA binding; DNA binding; DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific;
Cellular component	membrane; nucleus; fibrillar center; nucleolus; RSC-type complex;
Biological process	negative regulation of neuron apoptotic process; multicellular organism development; hindbrain development; neuron development; embryonic brain development; regulation of transcription, DNA-templated; midbrain development; positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; neuron differentiation; regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	2020
	13799
	ENSG00000164778
	ENSMUSG00000039095
	P19622
	P09066
	NM_001427
	NM_010134; NM_001395060
	NP_001418
	NP_034264; NP_001381989
	Wikidata
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Homeobox protein engrailed-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EN2 gene. It is a member of the engrailed gene family.