HMGN2 — High mobility group nucleosomal binding domain 2
HMGN2 belongs to a gene co-expression module in 9 of 28 SCUBA cell types. Each module groups genes that rise and fall together in that cell type; the genes it shares a module with are its closest co-expression partners there.
HMGN2's module in each cell type
About the gene
| Synonyms | HMG17 |
|---|---|
| Chromosome | 1: 26472440-26476642 |
| Predicted location | Intracellular |
| Essential gene | Yes |
| Protein class | Essential proteins, Predicted intracellular proteins |
| Molecular function | DNA-binding |
Function
Binds to the inner side of the nucleosomal DNA thus altering the interaction between the DNA and the histone octamer. May be involved in the process which maintains transcribable genes in a unique chromatin conformation (By similarity)
Human Protein Atlas · Open Targets · UniProt
Gene annotation from the Human Protein Atlas and UniProt; see sources & licences.