DDB2

• Official Symbol: DDB2
• Official Name: damage specific DNA binding protein 2
• Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
• Entrez ID: 1643
• UniProt: Q92466
• Interactions: BioGRID
• PubMed articles: Open PubMed
• OMIM: Open OMIM

• Entrez Summary: This gene encodes a protein that is necessary for the repair of ultraviolet light-damaged DNA. This protein is the smaller subunit of a heterodimeric protein complex that participates in nucleotide excision repair, and this complex mediates the ubiquitylation of histones H3 and H4, which facilitates the cellular response to DNA damage. This subunit appears to be required for DNA binding. Mutations in this gene cause xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group E, a recessive disease that is characterized by an increased sensitivity to UV light and a high predisposition for skin cancer development, in some cases accompanied by neurological abnormalities. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2014].
• UniProt Summary: Required for DNA repair. Binds to DDB1 to form the UV- damaged DNA-binding protein complex (the UV-DDB complex). The UV- DDB complex may recognize UV-induced DNA damage and recruit proteins of the nucleotide excision repair pathway (the NER pathway) to initiate DNA repair. The UV-DDB complex preferentially binds to cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPD), 6-4 photoproducts (6-4 PP), apurinic sites and short mismatches. Also appears to function as the substrate recognition module for the DCX (DDB1- CUL4-X-box) E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase complex DDB1-CUL4-ROC1 (also known as CUL4-DDB-ROC1 and CUL4-DDB-RBX1). The DDB1-CUL4- ROC1 complex may ubiquitinate histone H2A, histone H3 and histone H4 at sites of UV-induced DNA damage. The ubiquitination of histones may facilitate their removal from the nucleosome and promote subsequent DNA repair. The DDB1-CUL4-ROC1 complex also ubiquitinates XPC, which may enhance DNA-binding by XPC and promote NER. Isoform D1 and isoform D2 inhibit UV-damaged DNA repair. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10882109, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11278856, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11705987, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12732143, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12944386, ECO:0000269|PubMed:14751237, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15882621, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16260596, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16473935, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16678110, ECO:0000269|PubMed:18593899, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9892649}.

Pfam Domains GO Terms

Compound Hit Most Correlated Genes in Chemogenomics Tissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)

• Essentiality Rank: 11659
• Expression level (log2 read counts): 6.34

Expression Distribution

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DDB2 Expression in NALM6 Cells: 6.34