Hydroxyacid oxidase 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HAO2 gene. [5]

HAO2
Identifiers
AliasesHAO2, GIG16, HAOX2, hydroxyacid oxidase 2
External IDsOMIM: 605176; MGI: 96012; HomoloGene: 97412; GeneCards: HAO2; OMA:HAO2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001005783
NM_016527

NM_019545

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001005783
NP_057611
NP_001364401

NP_062418

Location (UCSC)Chr 1: 119.37 – 119.39 MbChr 3: 98.78 – 98.8 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Function

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This gene is one of three related genes that have 2-hydroxyacid oxidase activity. The encoded protein localizes to the peroxisome has the highest activity toward the substrate 2-hydroxypalmitate. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000116882Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000027870Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ "Entrez Gene: Hydroxyacid oxidase 2". Retrieved 2016-07-03.

Further reading

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This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.