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KAT2A lysine acetyltransferase 2A

Gene ID: 2648, updated on 4-Jan-2025
Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: GCN5; hGCN5; GCN5L2; PCAF-b

Summary

KAT2A, or GCN5, is a histone acetyltransferase (HAT) that functions primarily as a transcriptional activator. It also functions as a repressor of NF-kappa-B (see MIM 164011) by promoting ubiquitination of the NF-kappa-B subunit RELA (MIM 164014) in a HAT-independent manner (Mao et al., 2009 [PubMed 19339690]).[supplied by OMIM, Sep 2009]

Genomic context

Location:
17q21.2
Sequence:
Chromosome: 17; NC_000017.11 (42113111..42121367, complement)
Total number of exons:
19

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