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Gene information for BRCA2 (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID675
Official gene symbolBRCA2
Full namebreast cancer 2, early onset
Aliases,BRCC2,BROVCA2,FACD,FAD,FAD1,FANCB,FANCD,FANCD1,GLM3,PNCA2,
Gene summaryInherited mutations in BRCA1 and this gene, BRCA2, confer increased lifetime risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer. Both BRCA1 and BRCA2 are involved in maintenance of genome stability, specifically the homologous recombination pathway for double-strand DNA repair. The BRCA2 protein contains several copies of a 70 aa motif called the BRC motif, and these motifs mediate binding to the RAD51 recombinase which functions in DNA repair. BRCA2 is considered a tumor suppressor gene, as tumors with BRCA2 mutations generally exhibit loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of the wild-type allele. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 13   Locus: 13q12.3
Gene position32889617 - 32973809  Map Viewer
Gene orientationplus
Gene size84193 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID600185