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Egr2 Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Egr2
  • Name
    early growth response 2
  • Synonyms
    Egr-2, Krox-20, Krox20, NGF1-B, Zfp-25
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:95296
    NCBI Gene: 13654
  • Alliance
  • Transcription Start Sites
    19 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr10:67371305-67378018 bp, + strand
    From Ensembl annotation of GRCm39
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  • Genome Browsers
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 10, 34.96 cM, cytoband B5
  • Mapping Data
    16 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    174 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    18
  • PCR
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_95296
protein coding gene Chr10:67370334-67383354 (+)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0017324
protein coding gene Chr10:67299227-67307280 (+)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0017301
protein coding gene Chr10:65058344-65065043 (+)
AKR/J MGP_AKRJ_G0017262
protein coding gene Chr10:66831089-66837802 (+)
BALB/cJ MGP_BALBcJ_G0017261
protein coding gene Chr10:65254179-65260892 (+)
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0017085
protein coding gene Chr10:66821981-66828694 (+)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0017719
protein coding gene Chr10:69737514-69745556 (+)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0015409
protein coding gene Chr10:61739859-61746568 (+)
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0016655
protein coding gene Chr10:66868632-66876798 (+)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0017057
protein coding gene Chr10:72393793-72403755 (+)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0017162
protein coding gene Chr10:64428991-64435646 (+)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0017155
protein coding gene Chr10:63598195-63605138 (+)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0017235
protein coding gene Chr10:67715160-67722611 (+)
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0017183
protein coding gene Chr10:74621237-74627899 (+)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0017758
protein coding gene Chr10:66724057-66730765 (+)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0016439
protein coding gene Chr10:64226650-64233650 (+)
SPRET/EiJ MGP_SPRETEiJ_G0016221
protein coding gene Chr10:66088906-66096858 (+)
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0016719
protein coding gene Chr10:66647343-66654922 (+)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    EGR2, early growth response 2
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    4
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    EGR2, early growth response 2
  • Synonyms
    AT591, CMT1D, CMT4E, KROX20
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 1959
    neXtProt AC: NX_P11161
    UniProt: P11161

  • Chr Location
    10q21.3; chr10:62811996-62819167 (-)  GRCh38

Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    1 with Egr2 mouse models; 4 with human EGR2 associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
IDs
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IDs
IDs
IDs
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  • Mutations/Alleles
    2 with disease annotations
  • References
    2 with disease annotations
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    74 phenotypes from 6 alleles in 7 genetic backgrounds
    51 phenotypes from multigenic genotypes
    5 images
    164 phenotype references
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

Click cells to view annotations.
Homozygotes for targeted mutations exhibit absence of rhombomeres 3 and 5 of the hindbrain affecting axonal migration, disrupted myelination of Schwann cells, slow respiratory and jaw opening rhythms, skeletal abnormalities, and perinatal lethality.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
  • GO References
Molecular Function

carbohydrate derivative binding
cytoskeletal protein binding
DNA binding
enzyme regulator
hydrolase
ligase
lipid binding
oxidoreductase
RNA binding
signaling receptor activity
signaling receptor binding
transcription
transferase
transporter
Biological Process

carbohydrate derivative metabolism
cell differentiation
cell population proliferation
cellular component organization
DNA-templated transcription
establishment of localization
homeostatic process
immune system process
lipid metabolic process
programmed cell death
protein metabolic process
response to stimulus
signaling
system development
Cellular Component

cell projection
cytoplasmic vesicle
cytoskeleton
cytosol
endoplasmic reticulum
endosome
extracellular region
Golgi apparatus
mitochondrion
membraneless organelle
nucleus
organelle envelope
organelle lumen
plasma membrane
protein-containing complex
synapse
vacuole
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Expression
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Expression Overview

early conceptus
embryo ectoderm
embryo endoderm
embryo mesoderm
embryo mesenchyme
extraembryonic component
alimentary system
auditory system
branchial arches
cardiovascular system
connective tissue
endocrine system
exocrine system
hemolymphoid system
integumental system
limbs
liver and biliary system
musculoskeletal system
nervous system
olfactory system
reproductive system
respiratory system
urinary system
visual system
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  • Assay Results
  • Tissues
  • cDNA Data
  • Literature Summary
  • Comparison Matrix
  • Sequences &
    Gene Models
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    Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
    genomic ENSMUSG00000037868 Ensembl Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 6714 C57BL/6J ±  kb
    transcript ENSMUST00000048289 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 2965 Not Applicable  
    polypeptide ENSMUSP00000041053 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 470 Not Applicable  
    For the selected sequence
    Protein
    Information
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    Molecular
    Reagents
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    • All nucleic 104
      Genomic 5
      cDNA 47
      Primer pair 6
      Other 46

      Microarray probesets 5
    Other
    Accession IDs
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    MGD-MRK-11620, MGD-MRK-15869, MGD-MRK-9325, MGD-MRK-9327
    References
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    • Summaries
      All 507
      Developmental Gene Expression 259
      Diseases 2
      Gene Ontology 30
      Phenotypes 164
    • Earliest
      J:109968 Roderick TH, et al., Nineteen paracentric chromosomal inversions in mice. Genetics. 1974 Jan;76(1):109-17
    • Latest
      J:354223 Kolostyak Z, et al., EGR2 is an epigenomic regulator of phagocytosis and antifungal immunity in alveolar macrophages. JCI Insight. 2024 Sep 10;9(17)

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    Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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    last database update
    11/12/2024
    MGI 6.24
    The Jackson Laboratory