CA2

ENSG00000104267
Target class
Enzyme
Chromosome
8
Approved drugs
8
Clinical candidates (approved and in development)
10

Approved drugs
8
ClinGen gene-disease validity
Definitive
Clinical candidates (approved and in development)
10

Chemical probe available
Yes

Target name
CA2
Gene name
Carbonic anhydrase 2
Gene symbol
CA2
Protein name
Carbonic anhydrase 2 (EC 4.2.1.1) (Carbonate dehydratase II) (Carbonic anhydrase C) (CAC) (Carbonic anhydrase II) (CA-II) (Cyanamide hydratase CA2) (EC 4.2.1.69)

  • Car2
  • CA-II
  • CAII

Gene biotype
Protein coding
Gene family
Carbonic anhydrases
Target class
Enzyme
Target type
Human gene

Tissues expressed in
52
Highest tissue expression
273.65
Tissue specificity (Gini)
0.645
Tissue specificity (tau)
0.872

KEGG gene identifiers
  • hsa:760
Protein interaction confidence
0.8174
Protein interaction partners
20

  • R-HSA-1237044
  • R-HSA-1247673
  • R-HSA-1475029
  • R-HSA-9925563

End position
85481493
Start position
85463968
Chromosome
8
Strand
Forward

Ensembl gene ID
ENSG00000104267
HGNC ID
NCBI Gene ID
760
UniProt ID
P00918

  • Cytoplasm . Cell membrane . Note=Colocalized with SLC26A6 at the surface of the cell membrane in order to form a bicarbonate transport metabolon. Displaced from the cytosolic surface of the cell membrane by PKC in phorbol myristate acetate (PMA)-induced cells. .

Publication evidence

Tissue specificity (tau)
0.872463
Expression inequality (Gini)
0.645326

Expression in transcripts per million

Stomach
273.65
Colon - Transverse
253.34
Kidney - Cortex
138.41
Kidney - Medulla
134.87
Brain - Spinal cord (cervical c-1)
116.81

Expression in transcripts per million

  • Stomach273.65
  • Colon - Transverse253.34
  • Kidney - Cortex138.41
  • Kidney - Medulla134.87
  • Brain - Spinal cord (cervical c-1)116.81
  • Brain - Putamen (basal ganglia)99.47
  • Brain - Caudate (basal ganglia)81.63
  • Testis80.85
  • Brain - Substantia nigra76.48
  • Brain - Hippocampus73.95
  • Brain - Amygdala73.08
  • Liver64.17
  • Minor Salivary Gland56.68
  • Skin - Not Sun Exposed (Suprapubic)52.93
  • Brain - Nucleus accumbens (basal ganglia)52.49
  • Brain - Hypothalamus50.3
  • Brain - Frontal Cortex (BA9)47.77
  • Brain - Cortex45.57
  • Brain - Anterior cingulate cortex (BA24)39.94
  • Lung31.64
  • Skin - Sun Exposed (Lower leg)27.11
  • Muscle - Skeletal26.65
  • Esophagus - Mucosa22.79
  • Thyroid21.28
  • Brain - Cerebellum18.2

And 29 more, listed on the interactive page.

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Drugs (11)