cyclin G2 (CCNG2)

Function

• may play a role in growth regulation
• negative regulation of cell cycle progression

Structure

belongs to the cyclin family, cyclin G subfamily

Compartment

cytoplasm (putative)

Expression

• high levels in cerebellum, thymus, spleen & prostate
• low levels in skeletal muscle
• expression levels increase through the cell cycle to peak in the mid/late-S phase & decrease during G2/M phase
• activated by actinomycin-D induced DNA damage

More general terms

• cyclin G

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/603203
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q16589.html
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=901