======= MT2A ======= == Gene Information == * **Official Symbol**: MT2A * **Official Name**: metallothionein 2A * **Aliases and Previous Symbols**: N/A * **Entrez ID**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/?term=4502|4502]] * **UniProt**: [[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P02795|P02795]] * **Interactions**: [[https://thebiogrid.org/search.php?search=MT2A&organism=9606|BioGRID]] * **PubMed articles**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=gene%20MT2A|Open PubMed]] * **OMIM**: [[https://omim.org/entry/156360|Open OMIM]] == Function Summary == * **Entrez Summary**: N/A * **UniProt Summary**: Metallothioneins have a high content of cysteine residues that bind various heavy metals; these proteins are transcriptionally regulated by both heavy metals and glucocorticoids. |Metallothio| |cellular response to erythropoietin| |response to erythropoietin| |response to interleukin-3| |cellular response to interleukin-3| |cellular copper ion homeostasis| |stress response to copper ion| |detoxification of copper ion| |copper ion homeostasis| |detoxification of inorganic compound| |stress response to metal ion| |nitric oxide mediated signal transduction| |cellular response to zinc ion| |cellular response to copper ion| |cellular zinc ion homeostasis| |zinc ion homeostasis| |cellular response to cadmium ion| |response to copper ion| |response to zinc ion| |drug binding| |response to cadmium ion| |interferon-gamma-mediated signaling pathway| |cellular transition metal ion homeostasis| |detoxification| |transition metal ion homeostasis| |cellular response to interferon-gamma| |response to interferon-gamma| |cellular response to metal ion| |cellular response to inorganic substance| |negative regulation of growth| |second-messenger-mediated signaling| |response to metal ion| |cellular response to drug| |cellular divalent inorganic cation homeostasis| |divalent inorganic cation homeostasis| |response to toxic substance| |response to inorganic substance| |cellular metal ion homeostasis| |metal ion homeostasis| |cellular cation homeostasis| |cellular ion homeostasis| |regulation of growth| |cytokine-mediated signaling pathway| |response to bacterium| |perinuclear region of cytoplasm| |cation homeostasis| |inorganic ion homeostasis| |cellular chemical homeostasis| |innate immune response| |ion homeostasis| |zinc ion binding| |cellular homeostasis| |defense response to other organism| |cellular response to cytokine stimulus| |response to drug| |response to cytokine| |chemical homeostasis| |response to other organism| |response to external biotic stimulus| |response to biotic stimulus| |defense response| |homeostatic process| |intracellular signal transduction| |immune response| \\ === CRISPR Data === ^Screen^Score^ |[[:results:exp462|Cadmium 60μM R08 exp462]]|-2.76| No correlation found to any other genes in chemogenomics. Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: 6/739 ^Tissue^Fraction Of Cell Lines Where Essential^ |1290807.0|0/1| |909776.0|0/1| |bile duct|0/28| |blood|0/28| |bone|0/26| |breast|0/33| |central nervous system|0/56| |cervix|0/4| |colorectal|0/17| |esophagus|0/13| |fibroblast|0/1| |gastric|1/16| |kidney|0/21| |liver|1/20| |lung|0/75| |lymphocyte|1/16| |ovary|0/26| |pancreas|0/24| |peripheral nervous system|0/16| |plasma cell|0/15| |prostate|0/1| |skin|0/24| |soft tissue|0/9| |thyroid|0/2| |upper aerodigestive|0/22| |urinary tract|1/29| |uterus|0/5| == Essentiality in NALM6 == * **Essentiality Rank**: 6492 * **Expression level (log2 read counts)**: 4.68 {{:chemogenomics:nalm6 dist.png?nolink |}}