METAP2

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the methionyl aminopeptidase family. The encoded protein functions both by protecting the alpha subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 from inhibitory phosphorylation and by removing the amino-terminal methionine residue from nascent proteins. Increased expression of this gene is associated with various forms of cancer, and the anti-cancer drugs fumagillin and ovalicin inhibit the protein by irreversibly binding to its active site. Inhibitors of this gene have also been shown to be effective for the treatment of obesity. A pseudogene of this gene is located on chromosome 2. Several transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2015]

Description

Methionyl aminopeptidase 2

Tissue specificity

Low tissue specificity

Subcell location

Plasma membrane, Cytosol

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

Enzymes
Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Plasma proteins
Predicted intracellular proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)

Chromosome

12 (95473520 - 95515839)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000111142  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Metap2: ENSMUSG00000036112

UniProt

P50579

neXtProt

NX_P50579

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure