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Gene information for UNG (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID7374
Official gene symbolUNG
Full nameuracil-DNA glycosylase
Aliases,DGU,DKFZp781L1143,HIGM4,UDG,UNG1,UNG15,UNG2,
Gene summaryThis gene encodes one of several uracil-DNA glycosylases. One important function of uracil-DNA glycosylases is to prevent mutagenesis by eliminating uracil from DNA molecules by cleaving the N-glycosylic bond and initiating the base-excision repair (BER) pathway. Uracil bases occur from cytosine deamination or misincorporation of dUMP residues. Alternative promoter usage and splicing of this gene leads to two different isoforms: the mitochondrial UNG1 and the nuclear UNG2. The UNG2 term was used as a previous symbol for the CCNO gene (GeneID 10309), which has been confused with this gene, in the literature and some databases. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 12   Locus: 12q23-q24.1
Gene position109535415 - 109548798  Map Viewer
Gene orientationplus
Gene size13384 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID191525