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    RPA2 replication protein A2 [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

    Gene ID: 6118, updated on 28-Oct-2024

    Summary

    Official Symbol
    RPA2provided by HGNC
    Official Full Name
    replication protein A2provided by HGNC
    Primary source
    HGNC:HGNC:10290
    See related
    Ensembl:ENSG00000117748 MIM:179836; AllianceGenome:HGNC:10290
    Gene type
    protein coding
    RefSeq status
    REVIEWED
    Organism
    Homo sapiens
    Lineage
    Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
    Also known as
    REPA2; RPA32; RP-A p32; RP-A p34
    Summary
    This gene encodes a subunit of the heterotrimeric Replication Protein A (RPA) complex, which binds to single-stranded DNA (ssDNA), forming a nucleoprotein complex that plays an important role in DNA metabolism, being involved in DNA replication, repair, recombination, telomere maintenance, and co-ordinating the cellular response to DNA damage through activation of the ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-related protein (ATR) kinase. The RPA complex protects single-stranded DNA from nucleases, prevents formation of secondary structures that would interfere with repair, and co-ordinates the recruitment and departure of different genome maintenance factors. The heterotrimeric complex has two different modes of ssDNA binding, a low-affinity and high-affinity mode, determined by which oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide-binding (OB) domains of the complex are utilized, and differing in the length of DNA bound. This subunit contains a single OB domain that participates in high-affinity DNA binding and also contains a winged helix domain at its carboxy terminus, which interacts with many genome maintenance protein. Post-translational modifications of the RPA complex also plays a role in co-ordinating different damage response pathways. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2017]
    Expression
    Ubiquitous expression in testis (RPKM 29.0), lymph node (RPKM 26.6) and 25 other tissues See more
    Orthologs
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    Genomic context

    See RPA2 in Genome Data Viewer
    Location:
    1p35.3
    Exon count:
    10
    Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
    RS_2024_08 current GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40) 1 NC_000001.11 (27891524..27914797, complement)
    RS_2024_08 current T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1) 1 NC_060925.1 (27733626..27756900, complement)
    RS_2024_09 previous assembly GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25) 1 NC_000001.10 (28218035..28241308, complement)

    Chromosome 1 - NC_000001.11Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 8 Neighboring gene small Cajal body-specific RNA 1 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 12814 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 572 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 573 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 574 Neighboring gene CRISPRi-validated cis-regulatory element chr1.3986 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 575 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 531 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:28206149-28206649 Neighboring gene thymocyte selection associated family member 2 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 576 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 577 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 578 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 532 Neighboring gene NANOG-H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:28240839-28241343 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:28261145-28262046 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 12823 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:28269804-28270304 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:28270305-28270805 Neighboring gene sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase acid like 3B Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:28286425-28286988 Neighboring gene XK related 8

    Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

    Expression

    • Project title: HPA RNA-seq normal tissues HPA RNA-seq normal tissues
    • Description: RNA-seq was performed of tissue samples from 95 human individuals representing 27 different tissues in order to determine tissue-specificity of all protein-coding genes
    • BioProject: PRJEB4337
    • Publication: PMID 24309898
    • Analysis date: Wed Apr 4 07:08:55 2018

    Bibliography

    GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

    What's a GeneRIF?

    HIV-1 interactions

    Replication interactions

    Interaction Pubs
    HIV-1 replication is enhanced by RPA2 in monocyte derived macrophages PubMed
    HIV-1 replication is enhanced by RPA2 in PBMCs by influencing the efficiency of reverse transcription PubMed
    HIV-1 replication is enhanced by RPA2 (HeLa-CD4 cells and Jurkat T cells) as shown by shRNA-mediated knockdown of RPA2 PubMed
    Depletion of RPA2 by shRNA in HIV-1-producing 293T cells inhibits viral infectivity and replication PubMed

    Protein interactions

    Protein Gene Interaction Pubs
    Vif vif HIV-1 Vif-induced G2 delay is inhibited by caffeine and correlates with the activation of RPA-32 protein PubMed
    Vpr vpr HIV-1 Vpr complexes with RPA2 via UNG2 to form a trimolecular complex (containing Vpr, UNG2 and RPA2) PubMed
    vpr HIV-1 Vpr forms nuclear foci containing VPRBP and partially co-localizes with DNA repair foci components 53BP1 and phosphorylated RPA32 PubMed
    vpr HIV-1 Vpr induces phosphorylation of replication protein A (RPA2) at serine 4 and 8 in an ATR-dependent manner PubMed
    reverse transcriptase gag-pol Replication protein A and HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein interfere with the strand displacement DNA synthesis of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase by binding to the displaced strand and keeping it away from the newly synthesized strand PubMed

    Go to the HIV-1, Human Interaction Database

    Pathways from PubChem

    Interactions

    Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

    General gene information

    Markers

    Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

    Function Evidence Code Pubs
    enables G-rich strand telomeric DNA binding IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables damaged DNA binding IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables enzyme binding IPI
    Inferred from Physical Interaction
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables protein binding IPI
    Inferred from Physical Interaction
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables protein phosphatase binding IPI
    Inferred from Physical Interaction
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables single-stranded DNA binding IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    enables single-stranded DNA binding IC
    Inferred by Curator
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables single-stranded DNA binding IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables single-stranded DNA binding ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    enables telomeric DNA binding IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    enables ubiquitin protein ligase binding IPI
    Inferred from Physical Interaction
    more info
    PubMed 
    Process Evidence Code Pubs
    involved_in DNA replication IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    involved_in DNA replication IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in DNA replication IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in DNA replication NAS
    Non-traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in base-excision repair IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in double-strand break repair via homologous recombination IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    involved_in double-strand break repair via homologous recombination IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in double-strand break repair via homologous recombination NAS
    Non-traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in mismatch repair IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in mitotic G1 DNA damage checkpoint signaling IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in nucleotide-excision repair IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    involved_in nucleotide-excision repair IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in nucleotide-excision repair NAS
    Non-traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in protein localization to chromosome IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in regulation of DNA damage checkpoint IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in regulation of double-strand break repair via homologous recombination IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in telomere maintenance IC
    Inferred by Curator
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in telomere maintenance IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in telomere maintenance NAS
    Non-traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    Component Evidence Code Pubs
    part_of DNA replication factor A complex IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    part_of DNA replication factor A complex IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    part_of DNA replication factor A complex IPI
    Inferred from Physical Interaction
    more info
    PubMed 
    colocalizes_with PML body IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in PML body IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in chromatin IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in chromosome, telomeric region HDA PubMed 
    colocalizes_with chromosome, telomeric region IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in nuclear body IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
     
    located_in nucleoplasm IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
     
    located_in nucleoplasm TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
     
    located_in nucleus IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    colocalizes_with site of double-strand break IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 

    General protein information

    Preferred Names
    replication protein A 32 kDa subunit
    Names
    RF-A protein 2
    replication factor A protein 2
    replication protein A 34 kDa subunit

    NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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    RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

    These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

    These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

    mRNA and Protein(s)

    1. NM_001286076.2NP_001273005.1  replication protein A 32 kDa subunit isoform 2

      See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_001273005.1

      Status: REVIEWED

      Description
      Transcript Variant: This variant (2) uses an alternate splice site in the 5' region and initiates translation at a downstream in-frame start codon, compared to variant 1. The encoded isoform (2) has a shorter N-terminus than isoform 1.
      Source sequence(s)
      AK300691, AL109927, BC001630, BG107669, DB025488
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      B4DUL2
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      cd04478
      Location:471
      RPA2_DBD_D; RPA2_DBD_D: A subfamily of OB folds corresponding to the OB fold of the central ssDNA-binding domain (DBD)-D of human RPA2 (also called RPA32). RPA2 is a subunit of Replication protein A (RPA). RPA is a nuclear ssDNA-binding protein (SSB) which appears ...
      pfam08784
      Location:70166
      RPA_C; Replication protein A C terminal
    2. NM_001297558.1NP_001284487.1  replication protein A 32 kDa subunit isoform 3

      Status: REVIEWED

      Description
      Transcript Variant: This variant (3) uses an alternate splice site in the 5' region and initiates translation at an alternate upstream start codon, compared to variant 1. The encoded isoform (3) has a distinct N-terminus and is longer than isoform 1.
      Source sequence(s)
      BC001630, BQ006360, BX333932, DB025488
      Consensus CDS
      CCDS72740.1
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      B2R7E8
      Related
      ENSP00000363017.3, ENST00000373909.7
      Conserved Domains (3) summary
      COG5235
      Location:33275
      RFA2; Single-stranded DNA-binding replication protein A (RPA), medium (30 kD) subunit [DNA replication, recombination, and repair]
      cd04478
      Location:81175
      RPA2_DBD_D; RPA2_DBD_D: A subfamily of OB folds corresponding to the OB fold of the central ssDNA-binding domain (DBD)-D of human RPA2 (also called RPA32). RPA2 is a subunit of Replication protein A (RPA). RPA is a nuclear ssDNA-binding protein (SSB) which appears ...
      pfam08784
      Location:174270
      RPA_C; Replication protein A C terminal
    3. NM_001355128.2NP_001342057.1  replication protein A 32 kDa subunit isoform 2

      Status: REVIEWED

      Source sequence(s)
      BC001630, BG107669, BM839986, DB025488
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      B4DUL2
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      cd04478
      Location:471
      RPA2_DBD_D; RPA2_DBD_D: A subfamily of OB folds corresponding to the OB fold of the central ssDNA-binding domain (DBD)-D of human RPA2 (also called RPA32). RPA2 is a subunit of Replication protein A (RPA). RPA is a nuclear ssDNA-binding protein (SSB) which appears ...
      pfam08784
      Location:70166
      RPA_C; Replication protein A C terminal
    4. NM_001355129.2NP_001342058.1  replication protein A 32 kDa subunit isoform 4

      Status: REVIEWED

      Source sequence(s)
      BC001630, BG107669, CB155053
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      B2R7E8
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      cd04478
      Location:77171
      RPA2_DBD_D; A subfamily of OB folds corresponding to the OB fold of the central ssDNA-binding domain (DBD)-D of human RPA2 (also called RPA32). RPA2 is a subunit of Replication protein A (RPA). RPA is a nuclear ssDNA-binding protein (SSB) which appears to be ...
      cl27871
      Location:29271
      RPA_C; Replication protein A C terminal
    5. NM_002946.5NP_002937.1  replication protein A 32 kDa subunit isoform 1

      See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_002937.1

      Status: REVIEWED

      Description
      Transcript Variant: This variant (1) encodes isoform 1.
      Source sequence(s)
      BC001630, BG107669, DB025488
      Consensus CDS
      CCDS314.1
      UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
      P15927, Q52II0, Q5TEI9, Q5TEJ5
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      B2R7E8
      Related
      ENSP00000363021.3, ENST00000373912.8
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      COG5235
      Location:25267
      RFA2; Single-stranded DNA-binding replication protein A (RPA), medium (30 kD) subunit [DNA replication, recombination, and repair]
      cd04478
      Location:73167
      RPA2_DBD_D; A subfamily of OB folds corresponding to the OB fold of the central ssDNA-binding domain (DBD)-D of human RPA2 (also called RPA32). RPA2 is a subunit of Replication protein A (RPA). RPA is a nuclear ssDNA-binding protein (SSB) which appears to be ...

    RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2024_08

    The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

    Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

    Genomic

    1. NC_000001.11 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

      Range
      27891524..27914797 complement
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    mRNA and Protein(s)

    1. XM_024448862.2XP_024304630.1  replication protein A 32 kDa subunit isoform X1

      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      B2R7E8
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      cd04478
      Location:81150
      RPA2_DBD_D; A subfamily of OB folds corresponding to the OB fold of the central ssDNA-binding domain (DBD)-D of human RPA2 (also called RPA32). RPA2 is a subunit of Replication protein A (RPA). RPA is a nuclear ssDNA-binding protein (SSB) which appears to be ...
      pfam08784
      Location:149245
      RPA_C; Replication protein A C terminal
    2. XM_024448864.2XP_024304632.1  replication protein A 32 kDa subunit isoform X2

      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      B2R7E8
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      cd04478
      Location:73142
      RPA2_DBD_D; A subfamily of OB folds corresponding to the OB fold of the central ssDNA-binding domain (DBD)-D of human RPA2 (also called RPA32). RPA2 is a subunit of Replication protein A (RPA). RPA is a nuclear ssDNA-binding protein (SSB) which appears to be ...
      pfam08784
      Location:141237
      RPA_C; Replication protein A C terminal

    Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

    Genomic

    1. NC_060925.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

      Range
      27733626..27756900 complement
      Download
      GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

    mRNA and Protein(s)

    1. XM_054338088.1XP_054194063.1  replication protein A 32 kDa subunit isoform X1

    2. XM_054338089.1XP_054194064.1  replication protein A 32 kDa subunit isoform X2