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# PSENEN

ENSG00000205155

Target class

Enzyme

Chromosome

19

Approved drugs

2

Clinical candidates (approved and in development)

7

## Clinical evidence

**Approved drugs**

2

**Clinical candidates (approved and in development)**

7

## Druggability

**Chemical probe available**

No

## Names

**Other names**

- PEN2

**Target name**

PSENEN

**Gene name**

Presenilin enhancer, gamma-secretase subunit

**Gene symbol**

PSENEN

**Protein name**

Gamma-secretase subunit PEN-2 (Presenilin enhancer protein 2)

## Classification

**Gene biotype**

Protein coding

**Gene family**

Gamma-secretase complex subunits

**Target class**

Enzyme

**Target type**

Human gene

## Expression and localisation

**Tissues expressed in**

54

**Highest tissue expression**

189.44

**Tissue specificity (Gini)**

0.202

**Tissue specificity (tau)**

0.79

## Pathways and interactions

**KEGG gene identifiers**

- hsa:55851

**Protein interaction confidence**

0.8807

**Protein interaction partners**

20

### Reactome pathways (13)

- R-HSA-1251985
- R-HSA-193692
- R-HSA-205043
- R-HSA-2122948
- R-HSA-2644606
- R-HSA-2894862
- R-HSA-2979096
- R-HSA-3928665
- R-HSA-9013507
- R-HSA-9013700
- R-HSA-9017802
- R-HSA-977225
- R-HSA-9839383

## Genomic location

**End position**

35747519

**Start position**

35745070

**Chromosome**

19

**Strand**

Forward

## Identifiers

**Ensembl gene ID**

ENSG00000205155

**HGNC ID**

HGNC:30100

Source: [www.genenames.org](https://www.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/hgnc%5Fid/HGNC:30100)

**NCBI Gene ID**

55851

**UniProt ID**

Q9NZ42

## Cellular location

- Endoplasmic reticulum membrane
- Multi-pass membrane protein . Golgi apparatus, Golgi stack membrane
- Multi-pass membrane protein . Cell membrane
- Multi-pass membrane protein . Membrane
- Multi-pass membrane protein . Note=Predominantly located in the endoplasmic reticulum and in the cis-Golgi. .

### Publication evidence (9)

- PubMed 12522139  
Source: [pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12522139/)
- PubMed 12639958  
Source: [pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12639958/)
- PubMed 25043039  
Source: [pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25043039/)
- PubMed 26280335  
Source: [pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26280335/)
- PubMed 26623517  
Source: [pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26623517/)
- PubMed 30598546  
Source: [pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30598546/)
- PubMed 30630874  
Source: [pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30630874/)
- PubMed 24941111  
Source: [pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24941111/)
- PubMed 12198112  
Source: [pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12198112/)

## Tissue expression

**Tissue specificity (tau)**

0.789713

**Expression inequality (Gini)**

0.201703

### Highest expression

Expression in transcripts per million

**Testis**

189.44

**Thyroid**

64.52

**Cervix - Endocervix**

58.98

**Pituitary**

56.46

**Whole Blood**

55.45

### All tissues (54)

Expression in transcripts per million

- Testis189.44
- Thyroid64.52
- Cervix - Endocervix58.98
- Pituitary56.46
- Whole Blood55.45
- Cells - Cultured fibroblasts53.88
- Lung52.58
- Fallopian Tube52.5
- Nerve - Tibial52.38
- Cervix - Ectocervix50.82
- Brain - Spinal cord (cervical c-1)50.8
- Kidney - Medulla50.63
- Uterus49.9
- Esophagus - Mucosa49.19
- Spleen48.93
- Artery - Coronary46.34
- Artery - Aorta45.34
- Breast - Mammary Tissue45.01
- Prostate44.97
- Adrenal Gland44.92
- Vagina44.5
- Adipose - Visceral (Omentum)42.43
- Bladder42.05
- Adipose - Subcutaneous41.38
- Ovary41.19

And 29 more, listed on the interactive page.

## Biological functions

### Biological processes (8)

- GO:0006509  
Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0006509)
- GO:0007220  
Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0007220)
- GO:0010950  
Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0010950)
- GO:0016485  
Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0016485)
- GO:0031293  
Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0031293)
- GO:0034205  
Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0034205)
- GO:0042982  
Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0042982)
- GO:0042987  
Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0042987)

### Cellular components (7)

- GO:0005783  
Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0005783)
- GO:0005789  
Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0005789)
- GO:0005794  
Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0005794)
- GO:0005886  
Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0005886)
- GO:0010008  
Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0010008)
- GO:0016020  
Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0016020)
- GO:0070765  
Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0070765)

### Molecular functions (3)

- GO:0005515  
Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0005515)
- GO:0019899  
Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0019899)
- GO:0061133  
Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0061133)

## Related records

### Trials (117)

- A Dose-escalation Study to Evaluate the Safety and Clinical Activity of PBCAR269A, With or Without Nirogacestat, in Study Participants With Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma
- A Multicenter, Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Safety and Tolerability Study of BMS-708163 in Patients With Prodromal Alzheimer's Disease
- A Phase II, Multicenter, Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled Safety, Tolerability Study of BMS-708163 in Patients With Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease
- A Study Evaluating PF-03084014 In Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer With Or Without Notch Alterations
- A Study Evaluating The PF-03084014 In Combination With Docetaxel In Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer
- A Study of a New Drug, Nirogacestat, for Treating Desmoid Tumors That Cannot be Removed by Surgery
- A Study of Belantamab Mafodotin in Combination With Nirogacestat and Pomalidomide in People With Multiple Myeloma That Has Not Responded to Treatment or Has Come Back After Treatment
- A Study of Healthy Subjects to Assess the Effect of LY450139 on Amyloid Beta Peptide Production Rate and or Dose Response.
- A Study of Nirogacestat in Japanese Adults With Desmoid Tumors/Aggressive Fibromatosis (DT/AF)
- A Study Of PF-03084014 In Japanese Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors
- A Study of RO4929097 in Patients With Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma That Have Failed Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)/Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor (VEGFR) Therapy
- A Study of Semagacestat for Alzheimer's Patients
- A Study of Teclistamab With Other Anticancer Therapies in Participants With Multiple Myeloma
- A Study to Assess the Effects of 2 Different Prothrombin Complex Concentrates on the Pharmacodynamics of Rivaroxaban in Healthy Adult Volunteers
- A Study to Assess the Effects of 2 Prothrombin Complex Concentrates on the Pharmacodynamics of Apixaban in Healthy Adult Subjects
- [A Study to Examine the Effects of Novel Therapy Linvoseltamab in Combination With Other Cancer Treatments for Adult Participants With Multiple Myeloma That is Resistant to Current Standard of Care Treatments](https://trialight.com/data/trial/a-study-to-examine-the-effects-of-novel-therapy-4622f07a-ab31-4a56-a46c-08b2e34a9258.md)
- A Study to Investigate Safety and Clinical Activity of Belantamab Mafodotin in Combination With Lenalidomide, Dexamethasone and Nirogacestat in Patients With Transplant Ineligible Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma
- A Trial In Patients With Advanced Cancer And Leukemia
- A Two-part Study in Edoxaban-treated Healthy Subjects to Establish a Punch Biopsy Bleeding Model and to Evaluate the Effect of a 4-factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate on Anticoagulation
- Acute Dose-dependent Effects of DMT in Healthy Subjects

### Drugs (7)

- Avagacestat Gamma-secretase inhibitor
- Begacestat Gamma-secretase inhibitor
- [Nirogacestat](https://trialight.com/data/asset/nirogacestat-3fcb771a-72a0-450b-adde-a88a42aee6e0.md) Gamma-secretase inhibitor
- Nirogacestat hydrobromide Gamma-secretase inhibitor
- RG-4733 Gamma-secretase inhibitor
- Semagacestat Gamma-secretase inhibitor
- Tarenflurbil Gamma-secretase modulator

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