======= NOS2 ======= == Gene Information == * **Official Symbol**: NOS2 * **Official Name**: nitric oxide synthase 2 * **Aliases and Previous Symbols**: N/A * **Entrez ID**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/?term=4843|4843]] * **UniProt**: [[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P35228|P35228]] * **Interactions**: [[https://thebiogrid.org/search.php?search=NOS2&organism=9606|BioGRID]] * **PubMed articles**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=gene%20NOS2|Open PubMed]] * **OMIM**: [[https://omim.org/entry/163730|Open OMIM]] == Function Summary == * **Entrez Summary**: Nitric oxide is a reactive free radical which acts as a biologic mediator in several processes, including neurotransmission and antimicrobial and antitumoral activities. This gene encodes a nitric oxide synthase which is expressed in liver and is inducible by a combination of lipopolysaccharide and certain cytokines. Three related pseudogenes are located within the Smith-Magenis syndrome region on chromosome 17. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]. * **UniProt Summary**: N/A |Flavodoxin 1| |NO synthase| |NAD binding 1| |FAD binding 1| |nitric-oxide synthase activity| |prostaglandin secretion| |tetrahydrobiopterin binding| |interleukin-8 secretion| |interleukin-6 secretion| |protein nitrosylation| |NADPH-hemoprotein reductase activity| |prostaglandin transport| |peptidyl-cysteine S-nitrosylation| |interleukin-8 production| |arginine binding| |arginine catabolic process| |positive regulation of guanylate cyclase activity| |interleukin-6 production| |regulation of guanylate cyclase activity| |nitric oxide biosynthetic process| |positive regulation of killing of cells of other organism| |FMN binding| |nitric oxide metabolic process| |regulation of killing of cells of other organism| |arginine metabolic process| |cortical cytoskeleton| |innate immune response in mucosa| |reactive nitrogen species metabolic process| |nitric oxide mediated signal transduction| |positive regulation of nucleotide biosynthetic process| |positive regulation of purine nucleotide biosynthetic process| |positive regulation of cyclase activity| |positive regulation of lyase activity| |reactive oxygen species biosynthetic process| |glutamine family amino acid catabolic process| |icosanoid secretion| |vesicle membrane| |mucosal immune response| |regulation of cellular respiration| |fatty acid derivative transport| |icosanoid transport| |organ or tissue specific immune response| |NADP binding| |peptidyl-cysteine modification| |regulation of purine nucleotide biosynthetic process| |superoxide metabolic process| |regulation of nucleotide biosynthetic process| |regulation of cytokine production involved in inflammatory response| |regulation of cyclase activity| |neurotransmitter biosynthetic process| |positive regulation of nucleotide metabolic process| |negative regulation of blood pressure| |regulation of lyase activity| |positive regulation of purine nucleotide metabolic process| |cytokine secretion| |peroxisomal matrix| |positive regulation of leukocyte mediated cytotoxicity| |flavin adenine dinucleotide binding| |positive regulation of cell killing| |protein localization to peroxisome| |protein targeting to peroxisome| |establishment of protein localization to peroxisome| |glutamine family amino acid metabolic process| |peroxisomal transport| |fatty acid transport| |cell redox homeostasis| |regulation of leukocyte mediated cytotoxicity| |peroxisome organization| |acid secretion| |defense response to Gram-negative bacterium| |neurotransmitter metabolic process| |regulation of cell killing| |alpha-amino acid catabolic process| |peroxisome| |reactive oxygen species metabolic process| |regulation of purine nucleotide metabolic process| |regulation of nucleotide metabolic process| |oxidoreductase activity| |cellular amino acid catabolic process| |negative regulation of protein catabolic process| |monocarboxylic acid transport| |positive regulation of small molecule metabolic process| |circadian rhythm| |heme binding| |cytokine production| |protein secretion| |establishment of protein localization to extracellular region| |regulation of generation of precursor metabolites and energy| |cellular response to interferon-gamma| |protein localization to extracellular region| |peptide secretion| |regulation of insulin secretion| |response to interferon-gamma| |regulation of blood pressure| |cellular response to lipopolysaccharide| |cellular response to molecule of bacterial origin| |calmodulin binding| |alpha-amino acid metabolic process| |regulation of peptide hormone secretion| |cellular response to biotic stimulus| |carboxylic acid catabolic process| |organic acid catabolic process| |regulation of hormone secretion| |rhythmic process| |organic acid transport| |carboxylic acid transport| |lipid transport| |negative regulation of catabolic process| |cellular amino acid metabolic process| |response to lipopolysaccharide| |lipid localization| |response to molecule of bacterial origin| |defense response to bacterium| |regulation of inflammatory response| |second-messenger-mediated signaling| |response to hypoxia| |regulation of neurotransmitter levels| |response to decreased oxygen levels| |protein targeting| |response to oxygen levels| |regulation of protein catabolic process| |blood circulation| |circulatory system process| |cellular response to drug| |regulation of small molecule metabolic process| |establishment of protein localization to organelle| |small molecule catabolic process| |organic anion transport| |regulation of protein secretion| |regulation of peptide secretion| |drug metabolic process| |positive regulation of multi-organism process| |cellular response to lipid| |regulation of hormone levels| |anion transport| |cytokine-mediated signaling pathway| |response to bacterium| |regulation of cytokine production| |perinuclear region of cytoplasm| |regulation of protein transport| |protein localization to organelle| |regulation of peptide transport| |regulation of establishment of protein localization| |regulation of secretion by cell| |regulation of defense response| |innate immune response| |regulation of multi-organism process| |regulation of secretion| |response to lipid| |protein homodimerization activity| |peptidyl-amino acid modification| |cellular homeostasis| |carboxylic acid metabolic process| |response to hormone| |defense response to other organism| |oxidation-reduction process| |intracellular protein transport| |regulation of catabolic process| |oxoacid metabolic process| |secretion by cell| |cellular response to cytokine stimulus| |response to drug| |organic acid metabolic process| |regulation of protein localization| |export from cell| |cellular response to oxygen-containing compound| |organonitrogen compound catabolic process| |regulation of response to external stimulus| |response to cytokine| |negative regulation of protein metabolic process| |secretion| |positive regulation of phosphate metabolic process| |positive regulation of phosphorus metabolic process| |response to abiotic stimulus| |response to other organism| |response to external biotic stimulus| |response to biotic stimulus| |defense response| |ion transport| |positive regulation of catalytic activity| |response to endogenous stimulus| |regulation of response to stress| |protein transport| |intracellular transport| |peptide transport| |response to oxygen-containing compound| |amide transport| |cellular protein localization| |cellular macromolecule localization| |establishment of protein localization| |regulation of cell population proliferation| |cellular nitrogen compound biosynthetic process| |homeostatic process| |intracellular signal transduction| |negative regulation of gene expression| |small molecule metabolic process| |organic substance catabolic process| |positive regulation of molecular function| |regulation of phosphate metabolic process| |regulation of phosphorus metabolic process| |cellular catabolic process| |establishment of localization in cell| |nitrogen compound transport| |regulation of transport| |immune response| |positive regulation of nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process| |system process| |positive regulation of cellular biosynthetic process| |positive regulation of biosynthetic process| \\ === CRISPR Data === ^Screen^Score^ |[[:results:exp326|CCT251545 20μM R07 exp326]]|1.87| |[[:results:exp460|BML-284 0.09μM R08 exp460]]|2.15| No correlation found to any other genes in chemogenomics. Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: 0/739 ^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|0/16| |kidney|0/21| |liver|0/20| |lung|0/75| |lymphocyte|0/16| |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|0/29| |uterus|0/5| == Essentiality in NALM6 == * **Essentiality Rank**: 6535 * **Expression level (log2 read counts)**: -3.02 {{:chemogenomics:nalm6 dist.png?nolink |}}