Presenilin-2

PSEN2
Identifiers
Aliases	PSEN2, AD3L, AD4, CMD1V, PS2, STM2, presenilin 2
External IDs	OMIM: 600759; MGI: 109284; HomoloGene: 386; GeneCards: PSEN2; OMA:PSEN2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 1 (human)
End	226,927,726 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 1 (mouse)
End	180,091,003 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	body of pancreas; ; testicle; ; muscle of thigh; ; skeletal muscle tissue; ; gastrocnemius muscle; ; islet of Langerhans; ; right adrenal gland; ; left adrenal cortex; ; right adrenal cortex; ; sural nerve;
	Top expressed in
	left lobe of liver; ; olfactory epithelium; ; lumbar spinal ganglion; ; facial motor nucleus; ; granulocyte; ; mesenteric lymph nodes; ; stroma of bone marrow; ; primary oocyte; ; iris; ; ankle joint;
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Gene ontology
Molecular function	endopeptidase activity; peptidase activity; protein binding; hydrolase activity; aspartic endopeptidase activity, intramembrane cleaving; aspartic-type endopeptidase activity;
Cellular component	integral component of membrane; centrosome; Golgi apparatus; endoplasmic reticulum membrane; membrane; Golgi membrane; plasma membrane; integral component of plasma membrane; soma; nuclear inner membrane; Z discdkac; endoplasmic reticulum; perinuclear region of cytoplasm; kinetochore; mitochondrial inner membrane; lysosomal membrane; cell cortex; cell surface; axon; growth cone; neuromuscular junction; ciliary rootlet; dendritic shaft; membrane raft; nucleus; early endosome; synaptic vesicle; apical plasma membrane; protein-containing complex; synaptic membrane; integral component of presynaptic membrane; intracellular anatomical structure;
Biological process	Notch signaling pathway; intracellular signal transduction; response to hypoxia; ephrin receptor signaling pathway; protein processing; positive regulation of catalytic activity; negative regulation of apoptotic process; amyloid-beta metabolic process; proteolysis; membrane protein ectodomain proteolysis; membrane protein intracellular domain proteolysis; positive regulation of apoptotic process; Notch receptor processing; calcium ion transport; amyloid precursor protein catabolic process; Notch receptor processing, ligand-dependent; regulation of calcium import into the mitochondrion; mitochondrion-endoplasmic reticulum membrane tethering;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	5664
	19165
	ENSG00000143801
	ENSMUSG00000010609
	P49810
	Q61144
	NM_000447; NM_012486
	NM_001128605; NM_011183
	NP_000438; NP_036618
	NP_001122077; NP_035313
	Wikidata
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Presenilin-2 is a protein that (in humans) is encoded by the PSEN2 gene.