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PSENEN presenilin enhancer, gamma-secretase subunit

Gene ID: 55851, updated on 5-Mar-2024
Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: PEN2; PEN-2; MDS033; ACNINV2; MSTP064

Summary

Presenilins, which are components of the gamma-secretase protein complex, are required for intramembranous processing of some type I transmembrane proteins, such as the Notch proteins and the beta-amyloid precursor protein. Signaling by Notch receptors mediates a wide range of developmental cell fates. Processing of the beta-amyloid precursor protein generates neurotoxic amyloid beta peptides, the major component of senile plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease. This gene encodes a protein that is required for Notch pathway signaling, and for the activity and accumulation of gamma-secretase. Mutations resulting in haploinsufficiency for this gene cause familial acne inversa-2 (ACNINV2). Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2013]

Associated conditions

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DescriptionTests
Acne inversa, familial, 2
MedGen: C3151037OMIM: 613736GeneReviews: Not available
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Genomic context

Location:
19q13.12
Sequence:
Chromosome: 19; NC_000019.10 (35745651..35747519)
Total number of exons:
4

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