RUNX2

This gene is a member of the RUNX family of transcription factors and encodes a nuclear protein with an Runt DNA-binding domain. This protein is essential for osteoblastic differentiation and skeletal morphogenesis and acts as a scaffold for nucleic acids and regulatory factors involved in skeletal gene expression. The protein can bind DNA both as a monomer or, with more affinity, as a subunit of a heterodimeric complex. Two regions of potential trinucleotide repeat expansions are present in the N-terminal region of the encoded protein, and these and other mutations in this gene have been associated with the bone development disorder cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD). Transcript variants that encode different protein isoforms result from the use of alternate promoters as well as alternate splicing. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2016]

Description

RUNX family transcription factor 2

Tissue specificity

Low tissue specificity

Subcell location

Nucleoplasm

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

Disease related genes
Human disease related genes
Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Predicted intracellular proteins
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)
Transcription factors

Chromosome

6 (45328157 - 45664349)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000124813  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Runx2: ENSMUSG00000039153

UniProt

Q13950

neXtProt

NX_Q13950

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure