YBX2

Y box binding protein 2
PDB rendering based on 1h95.
Available structures PDB 1h95
Identifiers
Symbols	YBX2; CONTRIN; CSDA3; DBPC; MGC45104; MSY2
External IDs	OMIM: 611447 MGI: 1096372 HomoloGene: 22942 GeneCards: YBX2 Gene
Gene Ontology Molecular function • DNA binding • chromatin binding • mRNA 3'-UTR binding • lipid binding • ribonucleoprotein binding • translation regulator activity Cellular component • nucleus • cytoplasm • polysome Biological process • regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent • transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter • spermatogenesis • spermatid development • translational attenuation • negative regulation of translation • mRNA stabilization • oogenesis • negative regulation of binding Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	51087	53422
Ensembl	ENSG00000006047	ENSMUSG00000018554
UniProt	Q9Y2T7	Q3TTC8
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_015982	NM_016875.2
RefSeq (protein)	NP_057066	NP_058571.2
Location (UCSC)	Chr 17: 7.19 – 7.2 Mb	Chr 11: 69.75 – 69.76 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]

Y-box-binding protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the YBX2 gene.

Further reading

• Hammoud S, Emery BR, Dunn D, et al. (2009). "Sequence alterations in the YBX2 gene are associated with male factor infertility.". Fertil. Steril. 91 (4): 1090. doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.009. PMID 18339382. 
• Yoshida T, Izumi H, Uchiumi T, et al. (2006). "Expression and cellular localization of dbpC/Contrin in germ cell tumor cell lines.". Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1759 (1–2): 80–8. doi:10.1016/j.bbaexp.2006.02.005. PMID 16624424. 
• Kohno Y, Matsuki Y, Tanimoto A, et al. (2006). "Expression of Y-box-binding protein dbpC/contrin, a potentially new cancer/testis antigen". Br. J. Cancer 94 (5): 710–6. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602987. PMC 2361212. PMID 16479255. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=2361212. 
• Kimura K, Wakamatsu A, Suzuki Y, et al. (2006). "Diversification of transcriptional modulation: large-scale identification and characterization of putative alternative promoters of human genes". Genome Res. 16 (1): 55–65. doi:10.1101/gr.4039406. PMC 1356129. PMID 16344560. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1356129. 
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, et al. (2004). "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928. PMID 15489334. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=528928. 
• Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, et al. (2004). "Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs". Nat. Genet. 36 (1): 40–5. doi:10.1038/ng1285. PMID 14702039. 
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=139241.