InterPro domain: IPR031739

General Information

  • Identifier IPR031739
  • Description Condensin-2 complex subunit H2
  • Number of genes 141
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  • Associated GO terms GO:0030261  

Abstract

Condensin complexes are involved in the restructuring and maintenance of chromatin. Eukaryotes possess two condensins: condensin I and condensin II. Each complex is composed of structural maintenance of chromosomes protein SMC2 and SMC4, with three additional non-SMC condensin-associated proteins (Ncaps) unique to each condensin (condensin I - Ncaph, Ncapd2, and Ncapg; condensin II - Ncaph2, Ncapd3, and Ncapg2) [ 1 , 2 ].

This entry includes condensin-2 subunit 2 (Ncaph2) and Kle-2 from C. elegans. Ncaph2 may play a role in lineage-specific role in T-cell development [ 3 ].


1. Condensin and cohesin complexity: the expanding repertoire of functions. Nat. Rev. Genet. 11, 391-404
2. Condensins: universal organizers of chromosomes with diverse functions. Genes Dev. 26, 1659-78
3. Defective T-cell function leading to reduced antibody production in a kleisin-beta mutant mouse. Immunology 125, 208-17

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