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OAS2
Identifiers
Aliases	OAS2, 2'-5'-oligoadenylate synthetase 2
External IDs	OMIM: 603350; MGI: 2180852; HomoloGene: 49478; GeneCards: OAS2; OMA:OAS2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 12 (human)
End	113,011,723 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 5 (mouse)
End	120,887,918 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	Top expressed in
	More reference expression data
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function
Cellular component
Biological process
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	4939
	246728
	ENSG00000111335
	ENSMUSG00000032690
	P29728
	E9Q9A9
	NM_001032731; NM_002535; NM_016817
	NM_145227; NM_001347448
	NP_001027903; NP_002526; NP_058197
	NP_001334377; NP_660262
	Wikidata
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2'-5'-oligoadenylate synthetase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the OAS2 gene.^[5]^[6]

This gene encodes a member of the 2-5A synthetase family, essential proteins involved in the innate immune response to viral infection. The encoded protein is induced by interferons and uses adenosine triphosphate in 2'-specific nucleotidyl transfer reactions to synthesize 2',5'-oligoadenylates (2-5As). These molecules activate latent RNase L, which results in viral RNA degradation and the inhibition of viral replication. The three known members of this gene family are located in a cluster on chromosome 12. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000111335 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000032690 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ Hovnanian A, Rebouillat D, Mattei MG, Levy ER, Marie I, Monaco AP, Hovanessian AG (Dec 1998). "The human 2',5'-oligoadenylate synthetase locus is composed of three distinct genes clustered on chromosome 12q24.2 encoding the 100-, 69-, and 40-kDa forms". Genomics. 52 (3): 267–277. doi:10.1006/geno.1998.5443. PMID 9790745.
^ ^a ^b "Entrez Gene: OAS2 2'-5'-oligoadenylate synthetase 2, 69/71kDa".

Justesen J, Hartmann R, Kjeldgaard NO (2000). "Gene structure and function of the 2'-5'-oligoadenylate synthetase family". Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 57 (11): 1593–1612. doi:10.1007/PL00000644. PMC 11146851. PMID 11092454. S2CID 19154357.
Marié I, Hovanessian AG (1992). "The 69-kDa 2-5A synthetase is composed of two homologous and adjacent functional domains". J. Biol. Chem. 267 (14): 9933–9. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)50182-X. PMID 1577824.
Silverman RH, Sengupta DN (1991). "Translational regulation by HIV leader RNA, TAT, and interferon-inducible enzymes". J. Exp. Pathol. 5 (2): 69–77. PMID 1708818.
Marié I, Svab J, Robert N, et al. (1990). "Differential expression and distinct structure of 69- and 100-kDa forms of 2-5A synthetase in human cells treated with interferon". J. Biol. Chem. 265 (30): 18601–7. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(17)44794-6. PMID 2211721.
Hovanessian AG, Laurent AG, Chebath J, et al. (1987). "Identification of 69-kd and 100-kd forms of 2-5A synthetase in interferon-treated human cells by specific monoclonal antibodies". EMBO J. 6 (5): 1273–80. doi:10.1002/j.1460-2075.1987.tb02364.x. PMC 553929. PMID 2440675.
Marié I, Galabru J, Svab J, Hovanessian AG (1989). "Preparation and characterization of polyclonal antibodies specific for the 69 and 100 k-dalton forms of human 2-5A synthetase". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 160 (2): 580–587. doi:10.1016/0006-291X(89)92472-8. PMID 2470369.
Hovanessian AG, Svab J, Marié I, et al. (1988). "Characterization of 69- and 100-kDa forms of 2-5A-synthetase from interferon-treated human cells". J. Biol. Chem. 263 (10): 4945–9. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)68878-7. PMID 3350819.
Solinas A, Cossu P, Poddighe P, et al. (1994). "Changes of serum 2',5'-oligoadenylate synthetase activity during interferon treatment of chronic hepatitis C". Liver. 13 (5): 253–8. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0676.1993.tb00640.x. PMID 8259037.
Besse S, Rebouillat D, Marie I, et al. (1998). "Ultrastructural localization of interferon-inducible double-stranded RNA-activated enzymes in human cells". Exp. Cell Res. 239 (2): 379–392. doi:10.1006/excr.1997.3908. PMID 9521856.
Sarkar SN, Ghosh A, Wang HW, et al. (1999). "The nature of the catalytic domain of 2'-5'-oligoadenylate synthetases". J. Biol. Chem. 274 (36): 25535–25542. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.36.25535. PMID 10464285.
Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–16903. Bibcode:2002PNAS...9916899M. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, et al. (2004). "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–2127. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928. PMID 15489334.
Scherer SE, Muzny DM, Buhay CJ, et al. (2006). "The finished DNA sequence of human chromosome 12". Nature. 440 (7082): 346–351. Bibcode:2006Natur.440..346S. doi:10.1038/nature04569. PMID 16541075.

[refGRCh38Ensembl-1] GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000111335 – Ensembl, May 2017

[refGRCm38Ensembl-2] GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000032690 – Ensembl, May 2017

[3] "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[4] "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[pmid9790745-5] Hovnanian A, Rebouillat D, Mattei MG, Levy ER, Marie I, Monaco AP, Hovanessian AG (Dec 1998). "The human 2',5'-oligoadenylate synthetase locus is composed of three distinct genes clustered on chromosome 12q24.2 encoding the 100-, 69-, and 40-kDa forms". Genomics. 52 (3): 267–277. doi:10.1006/geno.1998.5443. PMID 9790745.

[entrez-6] "Entrez Gene: OAS2 2'-5'-oligoadenylate synthetase 2, 69/71kDa".

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