ERC2 (gene)

ERC protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ERC2 gene.[5]

ERC2
Identifiers
Aliases	ERC2, CAST, CAST1, ELKSL, SPBC110, Spc110, ELKS/RAB6-interacting/CAST family member 2
External IDs	OMIM: 617250 MGI: 1098749 HomoloGene: 69188 GeneCards: ERC2
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 3 (human)[1] Band 3p14.3 Start 55,508,311 bp[1] End 56,468,467 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 14 (mouse)[2] Band 14 A3|14 16.51 cM Start 27,622,428 bp[2] End 28,478,537 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function • GO:0001948 protein binding • structural constituent of presynaptic active zone Cellular component • cytoplasm • growth cone • presynaptic active zone • neuron projection • cell junction • synapse • cytoskeleton • presynaptic membrane • presynaptic active zone cytoplasmic component • glutamatergic synapse • GABA-ergic synapse Biological process • synaptic vesicle priming • maintenance of presynaptic active zone structure Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	26059	238988
Ensembl	ENSG00000187672	ENSMUSG00000040640
UniProt	O15083	Q6PH08
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_015576	NM_177814 NM_001347497
RefSeq (protein)	NP_056391	NP_001334426 NP_808482
Location (UCSC)	Chr 3: 55.51 – 56.47 Mb	Chr 14: 27.62 – 28.48 Mb
PubMed search	[3]	[4]
Wikidata
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Interactions

ERC2 (gene) has been shown to interact with PPFIA4,[6] RIMS1,[7][8] UNC13A,[9] and liprin-alpha-1.[6]

References

1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000187672 - Ensembl, May 2017
2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000040640 - Ensembl, May 2017
3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
5. "Entrez Gene: ERC2 ELKS/RAB6-interacting/CAST family member 2".
6. Ko J, Na M, Kim S, Lee JR, Kim E (October 2003). "Interaction of the ERC family of RIM-binding proteins with the liprin-alpha family of multidomain proteins". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278 (43): 42377–85. doi:10.1074/jbc.M307561200. PMID 12923177.
7. Takao-Rikitsu E, Mochida S, Inoue E, Deguchi-Tawarada M, Inoue M, Ohtsuka T, Takai Y (January 2004). "Physical and functional interaction of the active zone proteins, CAST, RIM1, and Bassoon, in neurotransmitter release". The Journal of Cell Biology. 164 (2): 301–11. doi:10.1083/jcb.200307101. PMC 2172332. PMID 14734538.
8. Ohtsuka T, Takao-Rikitsu E, Inoue E, Inoue M, Takeuchi M, Matsubara K, Deguchi-Tawarada M, Satoh K, Morimoto K, Nakanishi H, Takai Y (August 2002). "Cast: a novel protein of the cytomatrix at the active zone of synapses that forms a ternary complex with RIM1 and munc13-1". The Journal of Cell Biology. 158 (3): 577–90. doi:10.1083/jcb.200202083. PMC 2173811. PMID 12163476.
9. "Protein unc-13 homolog A". UniProt.

Further reading

• Nakajima D, Okazaki N, Yamakawa H, Kikuno R, Ohara O, Nagase T (June 2002). "Construction of expression-ready cDNA clones for KIAA genes: manual curation of 330 KIAA cDNA clones". DNA Research. 9 (3): 99–106. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.500.923. doi:10.1093/dnares/9.3.99. PMID 12168954.
• Nagase T, Ishikawa K, Nakajima D, Ohira M, Seki N, Miyajima N, Tanaka A, Kotani H, Nomura N, Ohara O (April 1997). "Prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes. VII. The complete sequences of 100 new cDNA clones from brain which can code for large proteins in vitro". DNA Research. 4 (2): 141–50. doi:10.1093/dnares/4.2.141. PMID 9205841.
• Ohtsuka T, Takao-Rikitsu E, Inoue E, Inoue M, Takeuchi M, Matsubara K, Deguchi-Tawarada M, Satoh K, Morimoto K, Nakanishi H, Takai Y (August 2002). "Cast: a novel protein of the cytomatrix at the active zone of synapses that forms a ternary complex with RIM1 and munc13-1". The Journal of Cell Biology. 158 (3): 577–90. doi:10.1083/jcb.200202083. PMC 2173811. PMID 12163476.
• Wang Y, Liu X, Biederer T, Südhof TC (October 2002). "A family of RIM-binding proteins regulated by alternative splicing: Implications for the genesis of synaptic active zones". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 99 (22): 14464–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.182532999. PMC 137906. PMID 12391317.
• Ko J, Na M, Kim S, Lee JR, Kim E (October 2003). "Interaction of the ERC family of RIM-binding proteins with the liprin-alpha family of multidomain proteins". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278 (43): 42377–85. doi:10.1074/jbc.M307561200. PMID 12923177.
• Deguchi-Tawarada M, Inoue E, Takao-Rikitsu E, Inoue M, Ohtsuka T, Takai Y (January 2004). "CAST2: identification and characterization of a protein structurally related to the presynaptic cytomatrix protein CAST". Genes to Cells. 9 (1): 15–23. doi:10.1111/j.1356-9597.2004.00697.x. PMID 14723704. S2CID 13337267.
• Takao-Rikitsu E, Mochida S, Inoue E, Deguchi-Tawarada M, Inoue M, Ohtsuka T, Takai Y (January 2004). "Physical and functional interaction of the active zone proteins, CAST, RIM1, and Bassoon, in neurotransmitter release". The Journal of Cell Biology. 164 (2): 301–11. doi:10.1083/jcb.200307101. PMC 2172332. PMID 14734538.
• tom Dieck S, Altrock WD, Kessels MM, Qualmann B, Regus H, Brauner D, Fejtová A, Bracko O, Gundelfinger ED, Brandstätter JH (February 2005). "Molecular dissection of the photoreceptor ribbon synapse: physical interaction of Bassoon and RIBEYE is essential for the assembly of the ribbon complex". The Journal of Cell Biology. 168 (5): 825–36. doi:10.1083/jcb.200408157. PMC 2171818. PMID 15728193.