OAZ2

protein-coding

ornithine decarboxylase antizyme 2

Gene summary

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the ornithine decarboxylase antizyme family, which plays a role in cell growth and proliferation by regulating intracellular polyamines. Expression of antizymes requires +1 ribosomal frameshifting, which is enhanced by high levels of polyamines. Antizymes in turn bind to and inhibit ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), the key enzyme in polyamine biosynthesis; thus, completing the auto-regulatory circuit. This gene encodes antizyme 2, the second member of the antizyme family. Like antizyme 1, antizyme 2 has broad tissue distribution, inhibits ODC activity and polyamine uptake, and stimulates ODC degradation in vivo; however, it fails to promote ODC degradation in vitro. Antizyme 2 is expressed at lower levels than antizyme 1, but is evolutionary more conserved, suggesting it likely has an important biological role. Studies also show different subcellular localization of antizymes 1 and 2, indicating specific function for each antizyme in discrete compartments of the cell. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2014]

MANE transcript

N/A

Inheritance

—

ClinVar variants

—

Top phenotype

—

gnomAD constraint

pLI —, LoF o/e 0.24

Max pathogenic AF

—

Genomic locus

chr15:64,687,573-64,703,281

External References & Databases

Transcript & Mutation Effects

hg38 • Region Span ~15.7 kb
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GenCC Phenotypes & Disease Associations

Curated gene-disease validity assertions and inheritance patterns

No GenCC data available for this gene.

ClinVar Associated Diseases & Phenotypes

Reported disease conditions connected to OAZ2 variants in ClinVar

0 Conditions Cataloged

No annotated ClinVar phenotypes.

ClinVar Variants & Pathogenicity by Type

Statistics based on transcript . Only rare variants are included.

We include only reliable ClinVar variants with their consequences to MANE Select, MANE Plus Clinical transcripts, or transcripts with TSL equal to 1. Click a count to filter the variants table below.

Slight differences between displayed counts and ClinVar may occur due to a different transcript/consequence chosen by our variant effect predictor, or because we classify Benign/Likely benign as Likely benign and Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic as Likely pathogenic.

EffectPLPVUSLBBSum
synonymous
0
missense
0
nonsense
0
start loss
0
frameshift
0
splice donor/acceptor (+/-2bp)
0
Total000000
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Transcript Catalog

Annotated transcript isoforms across RefSeq and Ensembl databases

Showing 4 of 10 transcripts
Transcript IDSourceProtein IDCoding ExonsMANE Status
NM_001301302.1RefSeqNP_001288231.16Standard
NM_002537.3RefSeqNP_002528.16Standard
ENST00000326005.10EnsemblENSP00000463013.16Standard
ENST00000326005.11EnsemblENSP00000463013.16Standard

Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations & Pathways

Biological processes, molecular functions, cellular components and pathways

Pathways ConsensusPathDB

  • Regulation of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC)
  • Metabolism of polyamines
  • Metabolism of amino acids and derivatives
  • Metabolism

Biological Process

  • regulation of cellular amino acid metabolic process
  • polyamine metabolic process
  • polyamine biosynthetic process
  • negative regulation of catalytic activity
  • positive regulation of protein catabolic process

Molecular Function

  • protein binding
  • ornithine decarboxylase inhibitor activity

Cellular Component

  • nucleus
  • cytoplasm
  • cytosol

gnomAD Constraint

Source: gnomAD

Gene type
protein_coding
Transcript type
protein_coding
Transcript
ENST00000326005
Coding exons
6
Length
15709
Individuals with no LoFs
124602
Homozygous LoFs
0
Heterozygous LoFs
5
Defined
124607
p
0.0000201
Z-ScoreObservedExpectedObserved/ExpectedMutation RateTotal Possible
Missense1.276196.10.6350.000004881218
Missense (PolyPhen)1730.1120.56456389
Synonymous0.3393537.60.9300.00000200346
Loss of Function2.0328.330.2404.37e-7105

Population LoF Frequency

PopulationCAFp-valueStatus
African0.0000700.000065rare
Latino/Admixed American00.0absent
Ashkenazi Jewish00.0absent
East Asian00.0absent
Finnish0.0000480.000046rare
European (Non-Finnish)0.0000270.000027rare
South Asian00.0absent
Other00.0absent

dbNSFP Gene Annotations

Source: dbNSFP

Function
FUNCTION: Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) antizyme protein that negatively regulates ODC activity and intracellular polyamine biosynthesis and uptake in response to increased intracellular polyamine levels. Binds to ODC monomers, inhibiting the assembly of the functional ODC homodimers. Does not target the ODC monomers for degradation, which allows a protein synthesis-independent restoration of ODC activity (PubMed:17900240). Involved in the translocation of AZIN2 from ER-Golgi intermediate compartment (ERGIC) to the cytosol (By similarity). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O08608, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17900240}.;

Essentials

Essential (CRISPR)
N
Essential (CRISPR2)
N
Indispensability pred.
E
Indispensability score
0.731

Gene Damage Prediction

AllRecessiveDominant
MendelianMediumMediumMedium
Primary ImmunodeficiencyMediumMediumMedium
CancerMediumMediumMedium
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