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VAX2 Gene

protein-coding   GIFtS: 56

GC02P070981
ventral anterior homeobox 2
Symbol approved by the HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) database
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Aliases
DRES93 1, 2
Descriptions
ventral anterior homeobox 2 2
External Ids
HGNC: 126611
Entrez Gene: 258062
UniProtKB: Q9UIW03
Ensembl: ENSG000001160357
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Previous GC identifers: GC02P071137 GC02P071338 GC02P071085 GC02P071102 GC02P071039

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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot, and/or UniProtKB/TrEMBL)
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EntrezGene summary for VAX2:
This gene encodes a homeobox protein and is almost exclusively expressed in the ventral portion of
the retina during development. In mouse studies, this gene was found to be required for the
correct formation of the optic fissure and other aspects of retinal development. [provided by
RefSeq]

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: VAX2_HUMAN, Q9UIW0
Function: Plays a crucial role in eye development and, in particular, in the specification of the
ventral optic vesicle (By similarity). May be a regulator of axial polarization in the retina

(According to GeneLoc and/or HGNC, and/or
Entrez Gene (NCBI build 36),
and/or miRBase,
Genomic Views according to UCSC and Ensembl, Transcription factor binding sites according to SABiosciences)
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Genomic View:
UCSC Golden Path with GeneCards custom track

 Transcription factor binding sites upstream to the VAX2 gene  

Entrez Gene cytogenetic band: 2p13   Ensembl cytogenetic band:  2p13.3   HGNC cytogenetic band: 2p13.3

VAX2 Gene in genomic location: bands according to Ensembl, locations according to (and/or Entrez Gene and/or Ensembl if different)

GeneLoc gene densities for chromosome 2         GeneLoc Exon Structure

GeneLoc location for GC02P070981:     (about GC identifiers)

Start:
70,981,228 bp from pter
End:
71,014,084 bp from pter
Size:
32,857 bases
Orientation:
plus strand
RefSeq DNA sequence:
NC_000002.10  NT_022184.14  
(According to 1UniProtKB, and/or Ensembl, Phosphorylation sites according to 2Phosphosite, RefSeq according to NCBI, PDB rendering according to OCA and/or Proteopedia, Recombinant Proteins from Invitrogen, Millipore, Sigma-Aldrich, R&D Systems, Enzo Life Sciences, Abnova, OriGene and/or, Abcam,
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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: VAX2_HUMAN, Q9UIW0 (See protein sequence)
Recommended Name: Ventral anterior homeobox 2  
Size: 290 amino acids; 30874 Da
Subcellular location: Nucleus (Probable)
Developmental stage: Expressed in the ventral part of the optic vesicles at 7 week dpc

Post-translational modifications:

  • View phosphorylation sites using PhosphoSite2


  • REFSEQ proteins: NP_036608.1  

    ENSEMBL proteins: 
    ENSP00000234392 


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    2 Gene Ontology (GO) cellular component terms (links to tree view):

    GO IDQualified GO termEvidencePubMed IDs
    GO:0005634 nucleus IEA--
    GO:0005737 cytoplasm IEA--
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    (According to InterPro, ProtoNet, UniProtKB, and/or BLOCKS, Sets of similar genes according to GeneDecks)
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    4 InterPro domains/families:
     IPR000047 HTH_lambrepressr
     IPR001356 Homeobox
     IPR017970 Homeobox_CS
     IPR012287 Homeodomain-rel


       GeneDecks  VAX2 for the domains selected above  
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    Graphical View of Domain Structure for InterPro Entry Q9UIW0

    ProtoNet protein and cluster: Q9UIW0

    1 Blocks protein family: IPB000047 Lambda and other repressor helix-turn-helix signature

    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: VAX2_HUMAN, Q9UIW0
    Similarity: Belongs to the EMX homeobox family
    Similarity: Contains 1 homeobox DNA-binding domain

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                                     untagged cDNA clone in CMV expression vector: NM_012476 

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    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: VAX2_HUMAN, Q9UIW0
    Function: Plays a crucial role in eye development and, in particular, in the specification of the
    ventral optic vesicle (By similarity). May be a regulator of axial polarization in the retina

    Genatlas biochemistry entry for VAX2:
    ventral anterior homeobox 2,specifically expressed in the developing vertebral eye,controlling the
    patterning of the eye dorsoventral axis

    7 MGI mutant phenotypes (inferred from 2 alleles(MGI details for Vax2):

    behavior/neurologicalcraniofacialdigestive/alimentarygrowth/sizelethality-prenatal/perinatal
    nervous systemvision/eye

    3 Gene Ontology (GO) molecular function terms (links to tree view):

    GO IDQualified GO termEvidencePubMed IDs
    GO:0003700 transcription factor activity NAS10485894
    GO:0031490 chromatin DNA binding IEA--
    GO:0043565 sequence-specific DNA binding IEA--
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    4 Interacting proteins for VAX2 (ENSP000002343923) via UniProtKB, MINT, and/or STRING
    InteractantInteraction Details
    GeneCardExternal ID(s)
    TBX5ENSP000003099133STRING (score=.736)
    PAX2ENSP000003593173STRING (score=.732)
    ALDH1A3ENSP000003322563STRING (score=.728)
    EFNB2ENSP000002453233STRING (score=.714)
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    5/9 Gene Ontology (GO) biological process terms (links to tree view) (see all 9 ):

    GO IDQualified GO termEvidencePubMed IDs
    GO:0000122 negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter IEA--
    GO:0006355 regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent IEA--
    GO:0007275 multicellular organismal development IEA--
    GO:0007398 ectoderm development TAS10485894
    GO:0007409 axonogenesis IEA--
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    (GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ Accessions according to
    Unigene (Build 219 Homo sapiens; Jun 2 2009) or GenBank,
    RefSeq according to Entrez Gene,
    DOTS (version 10), and/or AceView,
    non coding RNAs according to RNAdb,
    ESTs according to GeneTide,
    exon structure from GeneLoc, alternative splicing isoforms according to ASD and/or ECgene,
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    NM_012476  

    REFSEQ mRNAs for VAX2 gene: 

    NM_012476.2   

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    NM_012476  

                  OriGene GFP tagged cDNA clone in CMV expression vector: NM_012476
                                     Myc/DDK tagged cDNA clone in CMV expression vector: NM_012476
                                     untagged cDNA clone in CMV expression vector: NM_012476 

    Additional cDNA sequence: 

    BC006336.2 BT007035.1 Y17791.1 

    1 DOTS entry:

    DT.75152909 

    13 AceView cDNA sequences:

    Y17791 BC006336 BM710832 NM_012476 BG601065 H92142 BF037978 BT007035 
    BQ637322 BF685044 BF684283 BQ957193 H92143 

    highest scoring ESTs for VAX2:

    BC006336 BG601065 BM710832 BT007035 H92143 Y17791 BF037978 BF685044 BQ637322 BQ957193 

    Unigene Cluster for VAX2:

    Ventral anterior homeobox 2
    Hs.249170  [show with all ESTs]
    Unigene Representative Sequence: Y17791


    GeneLoc Exon Structure

    2 Alternative Splicing Database (ASD) splice patterns (SP) for VAX2

    ExUns: 1 ^ 2a · 2b ^ 3 ^ 4a · 4b
    SP1:                                    
    SP2:                    -               

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    ECgene alternative splicing isoforms for VAX2

    1 Ensembl transcript including schematic representation:
    ENST00000234392  
    (Experimental results according to 1GeneNote and GNF BioGPS,
    probe sets-to-genes annotations according to 2GeneAnnot , 3GeneTide , Sets of similar genes according to GeneDecks, Electronic Northern calculations according to data from UniGene (Build 219 Homo sapiens), SAGE tags according to CGAP, plus additional links to SOURCE, and/or GNF BioGPS, and/or EXPOLDB, and/or UniProtKB,
    Expression Assays from Applied Biosystems )
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    VAX2 expression in normal and diseased human tissues

     Applied Biosystems TaqMan ® Gene Expression Assays for VAX2

    1 / 2 / 3

    3 probe-sets matching VAX2 gene


    Affymetrix
    probe-set
    Array  GeneAnnot data GeneNote data GeneTide data
    # genes Sensitivity Specificity Correlation Length Gb_Accession Consensus Uniqueness Score Rank

    39527_at*2, 3 U95-A 9 1.00 0.11 1.00 1.00 AF090102 0.40 0.05 0.29 2

    220443_s_at2, 3 U133-A 1 1.00 1.00 -- -- NM_012476 0.60 1.00 0.82 1

    220443_s_at2 U133Plus2 1 1.00 1.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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    Data from (Publications) and GNF BioGPS
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    CGAP SAGE TAG: GGCGATGGGG

    SOURCE GeneReport for Unigene cluster: Hs.249170
    (Orthologs according to 1,2HomoloGene (2older version, for species not in 1newer version), 3euGenes, 4SGD and/or 5MGI Jun 06 2009, with possible further links to Flybase and/or WormBase, Gene Trees according to Ensembl)
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    Orthologs for VAX2 gene from 5/6 species (see all 6 )
    Organism Gene Locus Description Human
    Similarity
    NCBI accessions
    chimpanzee
    (Pan troglodytes)
    VAX21   -- ventral anterior homeobox 2 99.2(n)
    99.31(a)
    470400  XM_525781.2  XP_525781.2 
    cow
    (Bos taurus)
    VAX21   -- ventral anterior homeobox 2 88.5(n)
    87.68(a)
    539808  XM_589627.2  XP_589627.2 
    rat
    (Rattus norvegicus)
    Vax21   -- ventral anterior homeobox 2 84.89(n)
    86.16(a)
    64572  NM_022637.1  NP_072159.1 
    mouse
    (Mus musculus)
    Vax21, 5 6 (35.50 cM)5
    ventral anterior homeobox containing gene 21, 5 86.04(n)1
    88.24(a)1
    241131  NM_011912.21  NP_036042.11 
     AB0204985  AB2215565  (see all 10)
    zebrafish
    (Danio rerio)
    vax22   -- ventral anterior homeobox 2 74.21(n) 373869  AY183363.1 
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    ENSEMBL Gene Tree for VAX2
    (Paralogs according to 1HomoloGene
    and 2Ensembl, Pseudogenes according to 3Pseudogene.org)
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    Paralogs for VAX2 gene
    VAX12  

    (According to the 1NCBI SNP Database, 2Ensembl, 3PupaSUITE, and UniProtKB, Linkage Disequilibrium by HapMap, Genotyping Reagents from Applied Biosystems)
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    10/257 NCBI SNPs in VAX2 are shown (see all 257 )
    (Click for Applied Biosystems TaqMan ® Genotyping Assay)  (see all 117)
    ABGenomic DataTranscription DataAllele Frequencies
    SNP IDValidChr 2 posSequenceRecsAA
    Chg
    TypeMoreRecsAllele
    freq
    PopTotal
    sample
    More
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    rs22345001,2
    C,F,H71013730(+) GGCCCC/GGCTCC 1 P/R mis1 ese39Minor allele frequency- G:0.16EA NA EU WA 1558
    rs22702621,2
    C,F71013929(+) CCGGAC/GAGGAG 1 -- ut31 ese3 trp31Minor allele frequency- G:0.48EA 738
    rs18610761,2
    C70980233(+) CCGCAA/CGCCTC 1 -- ng510--------
    --
    rs22344951,2
    C,F70981302(+) CGCGCC/AGGGCG 1 R/R syn1 ese31Minor allele frequency- A:0.19EA 1474
    rs22345011,2
    C71013794(+) TGGCTA/GGAACG 1 L/L syn1 ese31Minor allele frequency- G:0.01NA 76
    rs19817191,2
    A,C,F,H,O71012756(+) TGCCAC/TGGTCC 1 -- int112Minor allele frequency- N:0.00EU EA WA NA 1050
    rs7222851,2
    A,C,F,H70990702(+) ttgtcA/Gatttt 1 -- int18Minor allele frequency- G:0.29EU EA WA 828
    rs101684421,2
    A,C,F,H70992069(+) aactaC/Tgccaa 1 -- int18Minor allele frequency- T:0.05EU EA WA 836
    rs9590531,2
    C,F,H,O71009080(+) AGCCCG/ATATGT 1 -- int112Minor allele frequency- A:0.22MN NA EU EA WA 1162
    rs9590541,2
    C,F,H,O71009360(+) ACTCCC/TCCACT 1 -- int112Minor allele frequency- T:0.34NA EA MN EU WA 1267
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    HapMap Linkage Disequilibrium images for VAX2 (up to first 250kb)

    (in which this Gene is Involved, According to OMIM, UniProtKB, PharmGKB, Genatlas, GeneTests, Blood group antigen gene mutations by BGMUT, HGMD, GAD, HuGE Navigator, BCGD, and/or TGDB.)
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    OMIM: 604295

    Human Genome Epidemiology Navigator: VAX2 (1 document)

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    (in PubMed. Associations of this gene to articles via 1Novoseek, 2HGNC, 3Entrez Gene, 4UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot, 5UniProtKB/TrEMBL, 6GAD, and/or 7PharmGKB)
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    6 PubMed articles for VAX2 gene:
    (in PubMed, OMIM, and NCBI Bookshelf)
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     ANDOR
    Aliases
    Free Text  

      Query String
    PubMed
    OMIM
    NCBI Bookshelf
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    (According to Entrez Gene, HGNC, AceView, euGenes, Ensembl, miRBase, ECgene, and/or H-InvDB)
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    Entrez Gene: 25806 HGNC: 12661 AceView: VAX2 Ensembl:ENSG00000116035 euGenes: HUgn25806
    ECgene: VAX2 H-InvDB: VAX2
    (According to HUGE)
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    (According to ATLAS, HORDE, IMGT, MTDB, LEIDEN, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot, and/or UniProtKB/TrEMBL,
    Wikipedia and/or GeneReviews via UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot)
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