Species Human Entrez 51447 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000068745 | |
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Aliases IP6K2, IHPK2, PIUS, inositol hexakisphosphate kinase 2 External IDs MGI: 1923750 HomoloGene: 56929 GeneCards: IP6K2 | ||
Inositol hexakisphosphate kinase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the IP6K2 gene.
This gene encodes a protein that belongs to the inositol phosphokinase (IPK) family. This protein is likely responsible for the conversion of inositol hexakisphosphate (InsP6) to diphosphoinositol pentakisphosphate (InsP7/PP-InsP5). It may also convert 1,3,4,5,6-pentakisphosphate (InsP5) to PP-InsP4 and affect the growth suppressive and apoptotic activities of interferon-beta in some ovarian cancers. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms.
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