Hydroxyacid oxidase 2

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

AliasesHAO2, GIG16, HAOX2, hydroxyacid oxidase 2
End119,394,130 bp[1]
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HAO2
Identifiers
AliasesHAO2, GIG16, HAOX2, hydroxyacid oxidase 2
External IDsOMIM: 605176; MGI: 96012; HomoloGene: 97412; GeneCards: HAO2; OMA:HAO2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
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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
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Function

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.

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