MORC family CW-type zinc finger 2

Summary
Gene Symbol
  • MORC2
Aliases
  • AC004542.C22.1
  • KIAA0852
  • ZCW3
Organism
Homo sapiens (human)
NCBI Gene
22880
HGNC
23573
KEGG Gene ID
[""]
PubChem
22880
Alliance of Genome Resources
Annotation
Keyword
  • 3D-structure
  • ATP-binding
  • Acetylation
  • Alternative splicing
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
  • Chromosome
  • Coiled coil
  • Cytoplasm
  • Disease variant
  • Dwarfism
  • Fatty acid metabolism
  • Hydrolase
  • Intellectual disability
  • Isopeptide bond
  • Magnesium
  • Neurodegeneration
  • Nucleus
  • Phosphoprotein
  • Proteomics identification
  • Reference proteome
  • Ubl conjugation
  • Zinc-finger
Proteins
Displaying 1 entry
UniProt Protein Name
Q9Y6X9
  • MORC family CW-type zinc finger protein 2
  • Zinc finger CW-type coiled-coil domain protein 1
Gene Ontology (GO)
GO Hierarchy
Displaying entries 1 - 5 of 12 in total
GO Term Evidence Code PMID
magnesium ion binding
chromatin binding
protein binding
ATP binding
zinc ion binding
GO Hierarchy
OrthoDB (Group)
Group level
Eukaryota
Group Name
morc family cw-type zinc finger
Functional Category
  • E: Amino acid transport and metabolism
  • G: Carbohydrate transport and metabolism
  • T: Signal transduction mechanisms
Human Protein Atlas
ENSG00000133422

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Tissue with high expression from Human Protein Atlas. Tissues that are highly expressed are highlighted.

Disease
Disease Ontology
Displaying 1 entry
DO ID Disease Name Source
DOID:0110181 Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2Z
The Human Phenotype Ontology
Displaying entries 1 - 10 of 104 in total
HPO ID HPO Term
HP:0000006 Autosomal dominant inheritance
HP:0000020 Urinary incontinence
HP:0000252 Microcephaly
HP:0000365 Hearing impairment
HP:0000467 Neck muscle weakness
HP:0000518 Cataract
HP:0000580 Pigmentary retinopathy
HP:0000750 Delayed speech and language development
HP:0001047 Atopic dermatitis
HP:0001171 Split hand
Displaying all 3 entries
Disease ID Disease Name
OMIM:616688
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2Z
OMIM:619090
  • developmental delay, impaired growth, dysmorphic facies, and axonal neuropathy
ORPHA:466768
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2Z
ChIP-Atlas
Target Genes
Predicted target genes bound by given transcription factors. Target Genes
Potential target genes for MORC2
Distance from TSS: ± 10 kb
Displaying entries 1 - 10 of 46 in total
Gene Symbol Description Cellline (score)
methyl-CpG binding domain 4, DNA glycosylase
  • HeLa(564)
  • HeLa(644)
  • HeLa(647)
  • HeLa(681)
beta-1,3-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 1 (Globoside blood group)
  • Embryonic_Stem_Cells(187)
abhydrolase domain containing 13
  • Embryonic_Stem_Cells(115)
N-glycanase 1
  • K-562(128)
  • K-562(199)
ALG8 alpha-1,3-glucosyltransferase
  • Embryonic_Stem_Cells(100)
  • K-562(113)
  • K-562(177)
myotubularin related protein 7
  • Embryonic_Stem_Cells(120)
procollagen-lysine,2-oxoglutarate 5-dioxygenase 1
  • HeLa(369)
  • HeLa(416)
  • HeLa(430)
  • HeLa(459)
collagen beta(1-O)galactosyltransferase 1
  • HeLa(186)
decapping mRNA 1A
  • HeLa(97)
solute carrier family 35 member A3
  • HeLa(74)
Colocalization
Predicted partner proteins colocalizing with given transcription factors. Colocalization
Colocalization analysis for MORC2
Displaying all 9 entries
Gene Symbol Description Cellline (score)
decapping mRNA 1A
  • HeLa(0)
MORC family CW-type zinc finger 2
  • Embryonic_Stem_Cells(10)
  • Embryonic_Stem_Cells(9)
  • HeLa(10)
  • HeLa(9)
  • K-562(0)
  • K-562(10)
  • K-562(4)
histone deacetylase 4
  • MM.1S(0)
  • SK-UT-1(0)
histone deacetylase 9
  • SK-UT-1(0)
WRN helicase interacting protein 1
  • GM12878(0)
INO80 complex ATPase subunit
  • CD4-Positive_T-Lymphocytes(0)
  • SK-MEL-147(0)
histone deacetylase 2
  • CD4-Positive_T-Lymphocytes(0)
  • Embryonic_Stem_Cells(0)
  • Erythroid_progenitors(0)
  • HL-60(0)
  • K-562(0)
  • Kasumi-1(0)
  • MM.1S(0)
  • Pre-B_cells(0)
  • hESC_H1(0)
  • iPS_cells(0)
  • iPS_derived_cardiac_cells(0)
methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase, cyclohydrolase and formyltetrahydrofolate synthetase 1
  • HAP1(0)
histone deacetylase 3
  • Acute_myeloid_leukemia(0)
  • CD4-Positive_T-Lymphocytes(0)
  • MM.1S(0)

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