Additional sex combs like 2, transcriptional regulator

'''Additional sex combs like 2, transcriptional regulator''' is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''ASXL2'' gene. <ref name="entrez"> {{cite web | title = Entrez Gene: Additional sex combs like 2, transcriptional regulator | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/55252 | access-date = 2017-06-03 }}</ref>

==Function==

This gene encodes a member of a family of epigenetic regulators that bind various histone-modifying enzymes and are involved in the assembly of transcription factors at specific genomic loci. Naturally occurring mutations in this gene are associated with cancer in several tissue types (breast, bladder, pancreas, ovary, prostate, and blood). This gene plays an important role in neurodevelopment, cardiac function, adipogenesis, and osteoclastogenesis.

==See also== * Polycomb-group proteins * ASXL1 * ASXL3

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== Further reading ==

{{refbegin | 2}} *{{cite journal |vauthors=Szafranski K, Schindler S, Taudien S, Hiller M, Huse K, Jahn N, Schreiber S, Backofen R, Platzer M |title=Violating the splicing rules: TG dinucleotides function as alternative 3' splice sites in U2-dependent introns |journal=Genome Biol. |volume=8 |issue=8 |pages=R154 |year=2007 |pmid=17672918 |pmc=2374985 |doi=10.1186/gb-2007-8-8-r154 |doi-access=free }} *{{cite journal |vauthors=Baskind HA, Na L, Ma Q, Patel MP, Geenen DL, Wang QT |title=Functional conservation of Asxl2, a murine homolog for the Drosophila enhancer of trithorax and polycomb group gene Asx |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=43 |issue=1 |article-number=e4750 |year=2009 |pmid=19270745 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0004750 |pmc=2650259 |bibcode=2009PLoSO...4.4750B |doi-access=free }} *{{cite journal |vauthors=Farber CR, Bennett BJ, Orozco L, Zou W, Lira A, Kostem E, Kang HM, Furlotte N, Berberyan A, Ghazalpour A, Suwanwela J, Drake TA, Eskin E, Wang QT, Teitelbaum SL, Lusis AJ |title=Mouse genome-wide association and systems genetics identify Asxl2 as a regulator of bone mineral density and osteoclastogenesis |journal=PLOS Genet. |volume=7 |issue=4 |article-number=e1002038 |year=2011 |pmid=21490954 |doi=10.1371/journal.pgen.1002038 |pmc=3072371 |doi-access=free }} *{{cite journal |vauthors=Park UH, Yoon SK, Park T, Kim EJ, Um SJ |title=Additional sex comb-like (ASXL) proteins 1 and 2 play opposite roles in adipogenesis via reciprocal regulation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor {gamma} |journal=J. Biol. Chem. |volume=286 |issue=2 |pages=1354–63 |year=2011 |pmid=21047783 |pmc=3020743 |doi=10.1074/jbc.M110.177816 |doi-access=free }} *{{cite journal |vauthors=Lai HL, Grachoff M, Marion AL, Khan FF, Warren CM, Chowdhury SA, Wolska BM, Solaro RJ, Geenen DL, Wang QT |title=Maintenance of adult cardiac function requires the chromatin factor Asxl2 |journal=J. Mol. Cell. Cardiol. |volume=53 |issue=5 |pages=734–41 |year=2012 |pmid=23046516 |pmc=3472135 |doi=10.1016/j.yjmcc.2012.08.014 }} *{{cite journal |vauthors=Lai HL, Wang QT |title=Additional Sex Combs-Like 2 Is Required for Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 Binding at Select Targets |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=8 |issue=9 |article-number=e73983 |year=2013 |pmid=24040135 |pmc=3767597 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0073983 |bibcode=2013PLoSO...873983L |doi-access=free }} *{{cite journal |vauthors=Micol JB, Duployez N, Boissel N, Petit A, Geffroy S, Nibourel O, Lacombe C, Lapillonne H, Etancelin P, Figeac M, Renneville A, Castaigne S, Leverger G, Ifrah N, Dombret H, Preudhomme C, Abdel-Wahab O, Jourdan E |title=Frequent ASXL2 mutations in acute myeloid leukemia patients with t(8;21)/RUNX1-RUNX1T1 chromosomal translocations |journal=Blood |volume=124 |issue=9 |pages=1445–9 |year=2014 |pmid=24973361 |pmc=4148766 |doi=10.1182/blood-2014-04-571018 }} *{{cite journal |vauthors=McGinley AL, Li Y, Deliu Z, Wang QT |title=Additional sex combs-like family genes are required for normal cardiovascular development |journal=Genesis |volume=52 |issue=7 |pages=671–86 |year=2014 |pmid=24860998 |doi=10.1002/dvg.22793 |s2cid=1810967 }} *{{cite journal |vauthors=Khan FF, Li Y, Balyan A, Wang QT |title=WTIP interacts with ASXL2 and blocks ASXL2-mediated activation of retinoic acid signaling |journal=Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. |volume=451 |issue=1 |pages=101–6 |year=2014 |pmid=25065743 |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.07.080 }} *{{cite journal |author8-link=Nada Abumrad |vauthors=Izawa T, Rohatgi N, Fukunaga T, Wang QT, Silva MJ, Gardner MJ, McDaniel ML, Abumrad NA, Semenkovich CF, Teitelbaum SL, Zou W |title=ASXL2 Regulates Glucose, Lipid, and Skeletal Homeostasis |journal=Cell Rep. |volume=11 |issue=10 |pages=1625–37 |year=2015 |pmid=26051940 |doi=10.1016/j.celrep.2015.05.019 |pmc=4472564}} *{{cite journal |vauthors=Katoh M |title=Functional proteomics of the epigenetic regulators ASXL1, ASXL2 and ASXL3: a convergence of proteomics and epigenetics for translational medicine |journal=Expert Rev Proteomics |volume=12 |issue=3 |pages=317–28 |year=2015 |pmid=25835095 |doi=10.1586/14789450.2015.1033409 |s2cid=19970429 }} *{{cite journal |vauthors=Daou S, Hammond-Martel I, Mashtalir N, Barbour H, Gagnon J, Iannantuono NV, Nkwe NS, Motorina A, Pak H, Yu H, Wurtele H, Milot E, Mallette FA, Carbone M, Affar el B |title=The BAP1/ASXL2 Histone H2A Deubiquitinase Complex Regulates Cell Proliferation and Is Disrupted in Cancer |journal=J. Biol. Chem. |volume=290 |issue=48 |pages=28643–63 |year=2015 |pmid=26416890 |pmc=4661380 |doi=10.1074/jbc.M115.661553 |doi-access=free }} *{{cite journal |vauthors=Brunner R, Lai HL, Deliu Z, Melman E, Geenen DL, Wang QT |title=Asxl2−/− Mice Exhibit De Novo Cardiomyocyte Production during Adulthood |journal=J. Dev. Biol. |volume=4 |issue=4 |page=32 |year=2016 |pmid=29615595 |doi=10.3390/jdb4040032 |pmc=5831801|doi-access=free }} *{{cite journal |vauthors=Li J, He F, Zhang P, Chen S, Shi H, Sun Y, Guo Y, Yang H, Man N, Greenblatt S, Li Z, Guo Z, Zhou Y, Wang L, Morey L, Williams S, Chen X, Wang QT, Nimer SD, Yu P, Wang QF, Xu M, Yang FC |title=Loss of Asxl2 leads to myeloid malignancies in mice |journal=Nat. Commun. |volume=8 |article-number=15456 |year=2017 |pmid=28593990 |doi=10.1038/ncomms15456 |pmc=5472177|bibcode=2017NatCo...815456L }}