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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======= ALAS2 ======= == Gene Information == * **<color #00a2e8>Official Symbol</color>**: ALAS2 * **<color #00a2e8>Official Name</color>**: 5'-aminolevulinate synthase 2 * **<color #00a2e8>Aliases and Previous Symbols</color>**: N/A * **<color #00a2e8>Entrez ID</color>**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/?term=212|212]] * **<color #00a2e8>UniProt</color>**: [[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P22557|P22557]] * **<color #00a2e8>Interactions</color>**: [[https://thebiogrid.org/search.php?search=ALAS2&organism=9606|BioGRID]] * **<color #00a2e8>PubMed articles</color>**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=gene%20ALAS2|Open PubMed]] * **<color #00a2e8>OMIM</color>**: [[https://omim.org/entry/301300|Open OMIM]] == Function Summary == * **<color #00a2e8>Entrez Summary</color>**: The product of this gene specifies an erythroid-specific mitochondrially located enzyme. The encoded protein catalyzes the first step in the heme biosynthetic pathway. Defects in this gene cause X-linked pyridoxine-responsive sideroblastic anemia. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]. * **<color #00a2e8>UniProt Summary</color>**: N/A <button type='primary' size='sm' modal='Pfam_Domains'>Pfam Domains</button> <button type='primary' size='sm' modal='GO_terms'>GO Terms</button> <modal id='Pfam_Domains' size='lg' title='Pfam Domains'> |Preseq ALAS| |Aminotran 5| |Aminotran 1 2| </modal> <modal id='GO_terms' size='lg' title='GO Terms'> |5-aminolevulinate synthase activity| |hemoglobin biosynthetic process| |oxygen homeostasis| |protoporphyrinogen IX biosynthetic process| |hemoglobin metabolic process| |gas homeostasis| |protoporphyrinogen IX metabolic process| |coenzyme binding| |glycine binding| |heme biosynthetic process| |porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process| |tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process| |heme metabolic process| |porphyrin-containing compound metabolic process| |pigment biosynthetic process| |pyridoxal phosphate binding| |tetrapyrrole metabolic process| |cellular iron ion homeostasis| |pigment metabolic process| |iron ion homeostasis| |erythrocyte differentiation| |erythrocyte homeostasis| |cellular transition metal ion homeostasis| |myeloid cell homeostasis| |transition metal ion homeostasis| |homeostasis of number of cells| |cofactor biosynthetic process| |myeloid cell differentiation| |response to hypoxia| |response to decreased oxygen levels| |mitochondrial matrix| |response to oxygen levels| |mitochondrial inner membrane| |cofactor metabolic process| |hemopoiesis| |cellular metal ion homeostasis| |hematopoietic or lymphoid organ development| |metal ion homeostasis| |cellular cation homeostasis| |cellular ion homeostasis| |immune system development| |cation homeostasis| |inorganic ion homeostasis| |cellular chemical homeostasis| |ion homeostasis| |cellular homeostasis| |chemical homeostasis| |response to abiotic stimulus| |heterocycle biosynthetic process| |aromatic compound biosynthetic process| |mitochondrion| |organic cyclic compound biosynthetic process| |organonitrogen compound biosynthetic process| |cellular nitrogen compound biosynthetic process| |homeostatic process| |cellular macromolecule biosynthetic process| |macromolecule biosynthetic process| </modal> \\ === CRISPR Data === <button type='primary' size='small' modal='Compound_Hit'>Compound Hit</button> <button type='primary' size='small' modal='Most_Correlated_Genes'>Most Correlated Genes in Chemogenomics</button> <button type='primary' size='small' modal='Essential_Avana'>Tissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)</button> <modal id='Compound_Hit' size='lg' title='Compound Hit'> ^Screen^Score^ |[[:results:exp500|LY2090314 0.003μM R08 exp500 no dilution day6]]|1.79| |[[:results:exp103|Taxol 0.004μM R03 exp103]]|1.9| </modal> <modal id='Most_Correlated_Genes' size='lg' title='Most Correlated Genes in Chemogenomics'> ^Gene^Correlation^ |[[:human genes:h:hspa9|HSPA9]]|0.44| </modal> <modal id='Essential_Avana' size='lg' title='Tissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)'> Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: 0/694 ^Tissue^Fraction Of Cell Lines Where Essential^ |1290807.0|0/1| |909776.0|0/1| |bile duct|0/28| |blood|0/26| |bone|0/26| |breast|0/30| |central nervous system|0/49| |cervix|0/4| |colorectal|0/17| |esophagus|0/11| |fibroblast|0/1| |gastric|0/14| |kidney|0/18| |liver|0/19| |lung|0/72| |lymphocyte|0/16| |ovary|0/25| |pancreas|0/22| |peripheral nervous system|0/15| |plasma cell|0/12| |prostate|0/1| |skin|0/20| |soft tissue|0/9| |thyroid|0/2| |upper aerodigestive|0/22| |urinary tract|0/28| |uterus|0/5| </modal> == Essentiality in NALM6 == * **<color #00a2e8>Essentiality Rank</color>**: 17603 * **<color #00a2e8>Expression level (log2 read counts)</color>**: -3.59 <button type='primary' size='small' modal='Dist_expr'>Expression Distribution</button> <modal id='Dist_expr' size='lg' title='ALAS2 Expression in NALM6 Cells: -3.59'> {{:chemogenomics:nalm6 dist.png?nolink |}} </modal> Last modified: 2025/12/10 20:19by 127.0.0.1