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GBX2 Gene

protein-coding GIFtS: 56
GCID: GC02M237090

Gastrulation Brain Homeobox 2

(Previous name: gastrulation brain homeo box 2)

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Aliases
Gastrulation Brain Homeobox 2¹ ²
Gastrulation Brain Homeo Box 2¹ ²
Gastrulation And Brain-Specific Homeobox Protein 2² ³
Homeobox Protein GBX-2²

External Ids:	HGNC: 4186¹	Entrez Gene: 2637²	Ensembl: ENSG00000168505⁷	OMIM: 601135⁵	UniProtKB: P52951³

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Previous GC identifers: GC02M235112 GC02M235755 GC02M237361 GC02M236856 GC02M236739 GC02M228868

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GeneCards Summary for GBX2 Gene:

GBX2 (gastrulation brain homeobox 2) is a protein-coding gene. Diseases associated with GBX2 include blindness, and prostate cancer. GO annotations related to this gene include sequence-specific DNA binding and sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity. An important paralog of this gene is DLX2.

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: GBX2_HUMAN, P52951

Function: May act as a transcription factor for cell pluripotency and differentiation in the embryo

Gene Wiki entry for GBX2 Gene

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RefSeq DNA sequence:

NC_000002.12 NT_005403.18 NC_018913.2

Regulatory elements:

Regulatory transcription factor binding sites in the GBX2 gene promoter:
ER-alpha E2F-4 E2F-3a E2F-5 E2F-2 MEF-2A Max E2F E2F-1 aMEF-2
Other transcription factors

SwitchGear Promoter luciferase reporter plasmid: GBX2 promoter sequence

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Epigenetics:

DNA Methylation CpG Assay Predesigned for Pyrosequencing in human, mouse, rat GBX2

Genomic Location:
Genomic View: UCSC Golden Path with GeneCards custom track

Entrez Gene cytogenetic band: 2q37.2 Ensembl cytogenetic band: 2q37.2 HGNC cytogenetic band: 2q37.2

GBX2 Gene in genomic location: bands according to Ensembl, locations according to (and/or Entrez Gene and/or Ensembl if different)
GBX2 gene location

GeneLoc information about chromosome 2 GeneLoc Exon Structure

GeneLoc location for GC02M237090: view genomic region (about GC identifiers)

Start:	237,073,879 bp from pter	End:	237,077,012 bp from pter
Size:	3,134 bases	Orientation:	minus strand

(According to ¹UniProtKB, HORDE, ²neXtProt, Ensembl, and/or Reactome, Modification sites according to PhosphoSitePlus, Specific Peptides from DME, RefSeq according to NCBI, PDB rendering according to OCA and/or Proteopedia, Recombinant Proteins from EMD Millipore, R&D Systems, GenScript, Enzo Life Sciences, OriGene, Novus Biologicals, Sino Biological, ProSpec, and/or Cloud-Clone Corp.,
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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: GBX2_HUMAN, P52951 (See protein sequence)

Recommended Name: Homeobox protein GBX-2

Size: 348 amino acids; 37348 Da

Secondary accessions: B2RPH7 O43833 Q53RX5 Q9Y5Y1

Explore the universe of human proteins at neXtProt for GBX2: NX_P52951

Explore proteomics data for GBX2 at MOPED

Post-translational modifications:

Modification sites at neXtProt

Modification sites at PhosphoSitePlus

See GBX2 Protein Expression from SPIRE MOPED, PaxDB, and MaxQB

REFSEQ proteins: NP_001476.2

ENSEMBL proteins:

ENSP00000302251 ENSP00000448747

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(According to HGNC, IUPHAR, InterPro, ProtoNet, UniProtKB, and/or BLOCKS, Sets of similar genes according to GeneDecks)
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HGNC Gene Families:

HOXL: Homeoboxes / ANTP class : HOXL subclass

4 InterPro protein domains:

IPR020479 Homeobox_metazoa

IPR017970 Homeobox_CS

IPR001356 Homeobox_dom

IPR009057 Homeodomain-like

Graphical View of Domain Structure for InterPro Entry P52951

ProtoNet protein and cluster: P52951

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: GBX2_HUMAN, P52951

Similarity: Contains 1 homeobox DNA-binding domain

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Molecular Function:

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Summary: GBX2_HUMAN, P52951

Function: May act as a transcription factor for cell pluripotency and differentiation in the embryo

Genatlas biochemistry entry for GBX2:

mouse telencephalon expressed Gbx homolog 2,gastrulation and brain specific-1,homeo domain encoding gene

Gene Ontology (GO): 3 molecular function terms: About this table

GO ID	Qualified GO term	Evidence	PubMed IDs
GO:0003677	DNA binding	--	--
GO:0003700	sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity	IEA	--
GO:0043565	sequence-specific DNA binding	IEA	--

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Phenotypes:
Selected MGI mutant phenotypes (inferred from 6 alleles) (MGI details for Gbx2) (see all 18):

cardiovascular system	cellular	craniofacial	digestive/alimentary	embryogenesis
growth/size/body	hearing/vestibular/ear	hematopoietic system	homeostasis/metabolism	immune system
mortality/aging	nervous system	no phenotypic analysis	normal	respiratory system

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Animal Models:
MGI mouse knock-outs for GBX2: Gbx2^tm1.2Alj Gbx2^tm1.1Mrt

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Subcellular locations from UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

GBX2_HUMAN, P52951: Nucleus (Probable)

Subcellular locations from COMPARTMENTS:

Compartment	Confidence
nucleus	4

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Gene Ontology (GO): 1 cellular component term: About this table

GO ID	Qualified GO term	Evidence	PubMed IDs
GO:0005634	nucleus	IEA	--

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SuperPaths for GBX2 About

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Contained pathways About

Transcriptional Regulatory Network in Embryonic Stem Cell

Transcriptional Regulatory Network in Embryonic Stem Cell

Transcription factors in neurogenesis

Transcription factors in neurogenesis

Neural Crest Differentiation

Neural Crest Differentiation

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Transcriptional Regulatory Network in Embryonic Stem Cell

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Neural Crest Differentiation

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Interactions:

GeneGlobe Interaction Network for GBX2

Gene Ontology (GO): Selected biological process terms (see all 18): About this table

GO ID	Qualified GO term	Evidence	PubMed IDs
GO:0001569	patterning of blood vessels	IEA	--
GO:0001755	neural crest cell migration	IEA	--
GO:0006351	transcription, DNA-templated	IEA	--
GO:0006355	regulation of transcription, DNA-templated	--	--
GO:0007399	nervous system development	TAS	8838315

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Compound	-log (P-Val)	Hits	PubMed IDs for Articles with Shared Sentences (# sentences)
alar	57	1	11689282 (1)

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(Secondary structures according to fRNAdb,
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ Accessions according to
Unigene (Build 236 Homo sapiens; Apr 25 2013) or GenBank,
RefSeq according to Entrez Gene,
DOTS (version 10), and/or AceView, transcript ids from Ensembl with links to UCSC,
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REFSEQ mRNAs for GBX2 gene:

NM_001485.2

Unigene Cluster for GBX2:

Gastrulation brain homeobox 2

Hs.184945 [show with all ESTs]

Unigene Representative Sequence: NM_001485

3 Ensembl transcripts including schematic representations, and UCSC links where relevant:

ENST00000306318(uc002vvw.1 uc010zng.1) ENST00000551105 ENST00000465889

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Additional mRNA sequence:

AF118452.1 AK311262.1 BC137448.1 BC137449.1 BC144646.1

3 DOTS entries:

DT.434131 DT.100011563 DT.40120503

14 AceView cDNA sequences:

NM_001485 AF118452 BM747801 BF115559 BM747771 BG827869 AA933790 CD611885

BE463746 BX094347 CD611886 AA176205 CD611889 AA305563

GeneLoc Exon Structure

(RNA expression data according to H-InvDB, NONCODE, miRBase, and RNAdb, Expression images according to data from BioGPS, Illumina Human BodyMap, and CGAP SAGE, Sets of similar genes according to GeneDecks, in vivo and in vitro expression data from LifeMap Discovery™, Protein expression images according to data from SPIRE ¹MOPED, ²PaxDb, and ³MaxQB, plus additional links to SOURCE, and/or BioGPS, and/or UniProtKB,
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GBX2 expression in normal human tissues (normalized intensities)
See probesets specificity/sensitivity at GeneAnnot
About this imageBioGPS <intensity>^2/3
CGAP TAG: GTGGACTCCA

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GBX2 expression in embryonic tissues and stem cells About this table

Data from LifeMap, the Embryonic Development and Stem Cells Database
selected tissues (see all 12) fully expand


Brain (Nervous System) fully expand to see all 11 entries
Thalamus
GABA neuron-like cells

Neural Ectoderm (Nervous System) fully expand to see all 5 entries
Isthmus Cells Neural Plate
Neuroectoderm cells

Neural Tube (Nervous System) fully expand to see all 5 entries
Isthmus Cells Neural Plate
Telencephalon

Neurons
GABAergic Amacrine Cells Inner Nuclear Layer
GABA neuron-like cells

Epiblast (Early Embryonic Tissues)
Early Epiblast Cells Epiblast

GBX2 Protein expression data from MOPED¹, PaxDb² and MaxQB³:

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GBX2 Protein Expression

SOURCE GeneReport for Unigene cluster: Hs.184945

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This gene was present in the common ancestor of animals.

Orthologs for GBX2 gene from Selected species (see all 14) About this table

Organism	Taxonomic classification	Gene	Description	Human Similarity	Orthology Type	Details
mouse (Mus musculus)	Mammalia	Gbx2^{1 , 5}	gastrulation brain homeobox 2^{1, 5}	92.05(n)¹ 98.28(a)¹		1 (45.06 cM)⁵ 14472¹ NM_010262.3¹ NP_034392.1¹ 89927962⁵
chicken (Gallus gallus)	Aves	GBX2¹	gastrulation brain homeobox 2	77.25(n) 75.37(a)		395950 NM_205068.1 NP_990399.1
lizard (Anolis carolinensis)	Reptilia	GBX2⁶	gastrulation brain homeobox 2	71(a)	1 ↔ 1	1(119835491-119838572)
African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis)	Amphibia	LOC397824²	homeobox protein Xgbx-2	76.98(n)		U04867.1
zebrafish (Danio rerio)	Actinopterygii	gbx2²	gastrulation brain homeo box 2	78.22(n)		245948 AB075028.1
fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster)	Insecta	unpg³	RNA polymerase II transcription factor	78(a)		2 45B3 --
worm (Caenorhabditis elegans)	Secernentea	ceh-12⁶	Protein CEH-12 (ceh-12) mRNA, complete cds	32(a)	1 → many	I(5840289-5841888) WBGene00000436

ENSEMBL Gene Tree for GBX2 (if available)
TreeFam Gene Tree for GBX2 (if available)

(Paralogs according to ¹HomoloGene,
²Ensembl, and ³SIMAP, Pseudogenes according to ⁴Pseudogene.org Build 68)
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Paralogs for GBX2 gene

DLX2² BARX1² GBX1² NKX1-1² VENTX² BARHL1² BARHL2² MNX1²

BARX2² DLX1² DLX3² LBX2² NKX1-2² BSX² DLX5² DLX6²

DLX4² LBX1² MSX2² MSX1²

4 SIMAP similar genes for GBX2 using alignment to 2 protein entries: GBX2_HUMAN (see all proteins):

HMX2 HHEX HLX GBX1

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(SNPs/Variants according to the ¹NCBI SNP Database, ²Ensembl, ³PupaSUITE, ⁴UniProtKB, and DNA2.0, Linkage Disequilibrium by HapMap, Structural Variations(CNVs/InDels/Inversions) from the Database of Genomic Variants, Mutations from the Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD), the Human Cytochrome P450 Allele Nomenclature Database, and the Locus Specific Mutation Databases (LSDB), Blood group antigen gene mutations by BGMUT, Resequencing Primers, Cancer Mutation PCR Arrays and Assays, and Copy Number PCR Arrays from QIAGEN)
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SNP ID	Valid	Clinical significance	Chr 2 pos	Sequence	#	AA Chg	Type	More	#	Allele freq	Pop	Total sample	More
Genomic Data					Transcription Related Data				Allele Frequencies
				--	--	--		--	--
rs10202397^1,2	C,F	--	237073817(+)	`TTGCCC/TGGCCA`	1	--	ds500¹		1		WA	118
rs6705037^1,2	C,F,A	--	237073819(+)	`GCCCGG/ACCACA`	1	--	ds500¹		8		WA NA CSA EA	367
rs111490631^1,2	C,F	--	237073889(+)	`CTTTTC/TCCCCC`	1	--	ds500¹		1		WA	2
rs4292047^1,2	C,F,H	--	237073897(+)	`CCCCCT/CCTCTC`	1	--	ds500¹		9		NS NA CSA WA	1187
rs67252682^1,2	C	--	237073897(+)	`CCCCC-/TCTCTC`	1	--	ds500¹		0	--	--	--	--
rs138087593^1,2	C	--	237074047(+)	`AGGCA-/AAAGC AAAGC`	1	--	ds500¹		0	--	--	--	--
rs116291098^1,2	C,F	--	237074487(+)	`GTGGAG/ATCCAC`	1	--	ut3¹		1		NA	120
rs200772923^1,2		--	237074513(+)	`GTGCGA/GGGGCT`	1	--	ut3¹		0	--	--	--	--
rs149479396^1,2	C	--	237074537(+)	`GCCAGG/ACCCTG`	1	--	ut3¹		1		EU	1235
rs114693893^1,2	C,F	--	237074635(+)	`ACGACG/AATCTT`	2	/I	syn¹		3		NA EU	5995

HapMap Linkage Disequilibrium report for GBX2 (237073879 - 237077012 bp)

Structural Variations
Database of Genomic Variants (DGV) 8 variations for GBX2: About this table

Variant ID	Type	Subtype	PubMed ID
esv33938	CNV	Loss	17666407
dgv4456n71	CNV	Loss	21882294
nsv876036	CNV	Loss	21882294
nsv525913	CNV	Loss	19592680
nsv821923	CNV	Gain	20364138
nsv821924	CNV	Gain	20364138
nsv821922	CNV	Gain	20364138
esv2751845	CNV	Gain	17911159

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OMIM gene information: 601135 OMIM disorders: --

9 diseases for GBX2:
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blindness prostate cancer hepatitis b prostatitis

hepatitis melanoma neuronitis cerebritis

leukemia

GBX2 for disorders About GeneDecksing

1 Novoseek inferred disease relationship for GBX2 gene About this table

Disease	-log (P-Val)	Hits	PubMed IDs for Articles with Shared Sentences (# sentences)
prostate cancer	1.85	13	9537237 (6), 10690529 (4)

Genetic Association Database (GAD): GBX2
Human Genome Epidemiology (HuGE) Navigator: GBX2 (1 document)

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PubMed articles for GBX2 gene, integrated from 10 sources (see all 36):
(articles sorted by number of sources associating them with GBX2)

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Characterization and sequence analysis of the human homeobox- containing gene GBX2. (PubMed id 8838315)^{1, 2, 3, 9} Lin X.... Leckman J.F. (Genomics 1996)
The HOX complex neighbored by the EVX gene, as well as two other homeobox-containing genes, the GBX-class and the EN-class, are located on the same chromosomes 2 and 7 in humans. (PubMed id 7903253)^{1, 2, 9} Matsui T.... Kurosawa Y. (FEBS Lett. 1993)
Generation and annotation of the DNA sequences of human chromosomes 2 and 4. (PubMed id 15815621)^{1, 2} Hillier L.W.... Wilson R.K. (Nature 2005)
The homeobox gene GBX2, a target of the myb oncogene, mediates autocrine growth and monocyte differentiation. (PubMed id 9346236)^{1, 3} Kowenz-Leutz E....Leutz A. (Cell 1997)
Down-regulation of homeobox gene GBX2 expression inhibits human prostate cancer clonogenic ability and tumorigenicity. (PubMed id 9537237)^{1, 9} Gao A.C....Isaacs J.T. (Cancer Res. 1998)
Enhanced GBX2 expression stimulates growth of human prostate cancer cells via transcriptional up-regulation of the interleukin 6 gene. (PubMed id 10690529)^{1, 9} Gao A.C....Isaacs J.T. (Clin. Cancer Res. 2000)
GWAS of 126,559 individuals identifies genetic variants associated with educational attainment. (PubMed id 23722424)¹ Rietveld C.A....Koellinger P.D. (Science 2013)
Identification of prognosis-relevant subgroups in patients with chemoresistant triple-negative breast cancer. (PubMed id 23549873)¹ Yu K.D....Chang J.C. (Clin. Cancer Res. 2013)
New genetic associations detected in a host response study to hepatitis B vaccine. (PubMed id 20237496)¹ Davila S....Seielstad M. (Genes Immun. 2010)
Gbx2 and Otx2 interact with the WD40 domain of Groucho/Tle corepressors. (PubMed id 17060451)¹ Heimbucher T....Czerny T. (Mol. Cell. Biol. 2007)

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Entrez Gene: 2637	HGNC: 4186	AceView: GBX2	Ensembl:ENSG00000168505	euGenes: HUgn2637
ECgene: GBX2	H-InvDB: GBX2

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