Alternative titles; symbols
HGNC Approved Gene Symbol: KHDRBS2
Cytogenetic location: 6q11.1 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38): 6:61,542,670-62,286,225 (from NCBI)
By large-scale sequencing of clones obtained from a human fetal brain cDNA library, Wang et al. (2002) identified KHDRBS2. The deduced 349-amino acid protein has a calculated molecular mass of 38.9 kD. It has a KH domain embedded within an N-terminal STAR (signal transduction and activation of RNA) domain, and its C terminus contains proline-rich sequences, arginine-glycine repeats, and a tyrosine-rich region. The KH domain of KHDRBS2 shares 86.4% and 78.6% identity with the KH domains of SALP (KHDRBS3; 610421) and SAM68 (KHDRBS1; 602489), respectively. RT-PCR detected ubiquitous expression of KHDRBS2, with highest levels in brain, lung, kidney, and small intestine, and lower levels in placenta, liver, spleen, thymus, ovary, and colon.
Cote et al. (2003) showed that several mammalian RNA-binding proteins, including SLM1, associated with and were methylated by protein arginine N-methyltransferase-1 (PRMT1; 602950) in vivo.
Wang et al. (2002) determined that the KHDRBS2 gene contains at least 9 exons.
By genomic sequence analysis, Wang et al. (2002) mapped the KHDRBS2 gene to chromosome 6.
Cote, J., Boisvert, F.-M., Boulanger, M.-C., Bedford, M. T., Richard, S. Sam68 RNA binding protein is an in vivo substrate for protein arginine N-methyltransferase 1. Molec. Biol. Cell 14: 274-287, 2003. [PubMed: 12529443] [Full Text: https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.e02-08-0484]
Wang, L., Xu, J., Zeng, L., Ye, X., Wu, Q., Dai, J., Ji, C., Gu, S., Zhao, C., Xie, Y., Mao, Y. Cloning and characterization of a novel human STAR domain containing cDNA KHDRBS2. Molec. Biol. Rep. 29: 369-375, 2002. [PubMed: 12549823] [Full Text: https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1021246109101]