GPX2
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: GPX2
- Official Name: glutathione peroxidase 2
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 2877
- UniProt: P18283
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- Entrez Summary: N/A
- UniProt Summary: Could play a major role in protecting mammals from the toxicity of ingested organic hydroperoxides. Tert-butyl hydroperoxide, cumene hydroperoxide and linoleic acid hydroperoxide but not phosphatidycholine hydroperoxide, can act as acceptors.
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 6486
- Expression level (log2 read counts): 0.47