HLA-DQA2

HLA-DQA2
Identifiers
Aliases HLA-DQA2, DX-ALPHA, HLA-DXA, HLA-DQA2, HLA-DQA2 (gene), major histocompatibility complex, class II, DQ alpha 2
External IDs HomoloGene: 134076 GeneCards: HLA-DQA2
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

3118

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Ensembl

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UniProt

P01906

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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_020056

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_064440.1

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Location (UCSC) Chr 6: 32.74 – 32.75 Mb n/a
PubMed search [1] n/a
Wikidata
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HLA class II histocompatibility antigen, DQ(6) alpha chain is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HLA-DQA2 gene. Also known as HLA-DXA or DAAP-381D23.2, it is part of the human leucocyte antigen system.[2]

The protein encoded by this gene is expressed, but unlike HLA-DQA1, it apparently unable to heterodimerize with HLA class II beta chain paralogues.[3] The low level of HLA-DQA2 expression is apparently due to impaired transcription factor binding to the HLA-DQA2 gene promoter.[4]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Entrez Gene: HLA-DQA2 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DQ alpha 2".
  3. Rudy GB, Lew AM (March 1997). "The nonpolymorphic MHC class II isotype, HLA-DQA2, is expressed on the surface of B lymphoblastoid cells". J. Immunol. 158 (5): 2116–25. PMID 9036956.
  4. Indovina P, Megiorni F, Fontemaggi G, Coni P, Mora B, Mazzilli MC (May 2001). "Absence of in vivo DNA-protein interactions in the DQA2 and DQB2 promoter regions". Hum. Immunol. 62 (5): 504–8. doi:10.1016/S0198-8859(01)00236-1. PMID 11334674.

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