RNASEH2A

RNASEH2A
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases RNASEH2A, AGS4, JUNB, RNASEHI, RNHIA, RNHL, ribonuclease H2 subunit A
External IDs MGI: 1916974 HomoloGene: 4664 GeneCards: RNASEH2A
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

10535

69724

Ensembl

ENSG00000104889

ENSMUSG00000052926

UniProt

O75792

O75792
Q9CWY8

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_006397

NM_027187

RefSeq (protein)

NP_006388.2

NP_006388.2
NP_081463.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 19: 12.81 – 12.81 Mb Chr 8: 84.96 – 84.97 Mb
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Ribonuclease H2 subunit A, also known as RNase H2 subunit A, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the RNASEH2A gene.[3]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a component of the heterotrimeric type II ribonuclease H enzyme (RNAseH2). RNAseH2 is the major source of ribonuclease H activity in mammalian cells and endonucleolytically cleaves ribonucleotides. It is predicted to remove Okazaki fragment RNA primers during lagging strand DNA synthesis and to excise single ribonucleotides from DNA-DNA duplexes.[3]

Clinical significance

Mutations in this gene cause Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome (AGS), an autosomal recessive neurological disorder characterized by progressive microcephaly and psychomotor retardation, intracranial calcifications, elevated levels of interferon-alpha and white blood cells in the cerebrospinal fluid.[3]

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