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EME2 essential meiotic structure-specific endonuclease subunit 2

Gene ID: 197342, updated on 17-Sep-2024
Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: SLX2B; gs125

Summary

EME2 forms a heterodimer with MUS81 (MIM 606591) that functions as an XPF (MIM 278760)-type flap/fork endonuclease in DNA repair (Ciccia et al., 2007 [PubMed 17289582]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]

Genomic context

Location:
16p13.3
Sequence:
Chromosome: 16; NC_000016.10 (1772810..1781702)
Total number of exons:
8

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