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Facts about Methylcytosine dioxygenase TET2.
Also mediates following conversion of 5hmC into 5- formylcytosine (5fC), and conversion of 5fC to 5-carboxylcytosine (5caC). Conversion of 5mC to 5hmC, 5fC and 5caC probably constitutes the first step in cytosine demethylation.
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Gene Name: | TET2 |
Uniprot: | Q6N021 |
Entrez: | 54790 |
Belongs to: |
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TET family |
FLJ20032; MGC125715; tet methylcytosine dioxygenase 2
Mass (kDA):
223.811 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 4q24 |
Sequence: | 4; NC_000004.12 (105145875..105279803) |
Broadly expressed. Highly expressed in hematopoietic cells; highest expression observed in granulocytes. Expression is reduced in granulocytes from peripheral blood of patients affected by myelodysplastic syndromes.
PMID: 12880961 by Ohira M., et al. Neuroblastoma oligo-capping cDNA project: toward the understanding of the genesis and biology of neuroblastoma.
PMID: 12646957 by Lorsbach R.B., et al. TET1, a member of a novel protein family, is fused to MLL in acute myeloid leukemia containing the t(10;11)(q22;q23).