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Chek2 Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Chek2
  • Name
    checkpoint kinase 2
  • Synonyms
    CHK2, Rad53
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:1355321
    NCBI Gene: 50883
  • Alliance
  • Transcription Start Sites
    4 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr5:110987845-111022011 bp, + strand
    From Ensembl annotation of GRCm39
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  • Genome Browsers
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 5, 53.73 cM, cytoband F
  • Mapping Data
    1 experiment
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    331 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    18
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_1355321
protein coding gene Chr5:110987668-111022011 (+)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0029895
protein coding gene Chr5:113322227-113354313 (+)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0029861
protein coding gene Chr5:108930840-108968504 (+)
AKR/J MGP_AKRJ_G0029799
protein coding gene Chr5:112389573-112426255 (+)
BALB/cJ MGP_BALBcJ_G0029872
protein coding gene Chr5:110303316-110338985 (+)
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0029592
protein coding gene Chr5:112831893-112869861 (+)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0030325
protein coding gene Chr5:117775789-117813575 (+)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0027554
protein coding gene Chr5:103765401-103800398 (+)
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0029000
protein coding gene Chr5:111693823-111728962 (+)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0029559
protein coding gene Chr5:122205720-122243106 (+)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0029709
protein coding gene Chr5:109008241-109043203 (+)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0029666
protein coding gene Chr5:107679577-107715116 (+)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0029797
protein coding gene Chr5:113874543-113905294 (+)
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0029697
protein coding gene Chr5:126848595-126883148 (+)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0030366
protein coding gene Chr5:111832970-111863066 (+)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0028714
protein coding gene Chr5:107590605-107626658 (+)
SPRET/EiJ MGP_SPRETEiJ_G0028552
protein coding gene Chr5:109300019-109344372 (+)
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0029076
protein coding gene Chr5:112310480-112347394 (+)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    CHEK2, checkpoint kinase 2
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    3
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    CHEK2, checkpoint kinase 2
  • Synonyms
    CDS1, CHK2, hCds1, HuCds1, LFS2, PP1425, RAD53, TPDS4
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 11200
    neXtProt AC: NX_O96017
    UniProt: O96017

  • Chr Location
    22q12.1; chr22:28687743-28742422 (-)  GRCh38

Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    8 with human CHEK2 associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
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Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    5 phenotypes from 2 alleles in 3 genetic backgrounds
    31 phenotypes from multigenic genotypes
    65 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

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Homozygous mutation of this gene does not increase tumor incidence. Cells from the thymus, central nervous system (CNS), hair follicles, and skin are resistant to ionizing radiation- and gamma irradiation-induced apoptosis.
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
non-membrane-bounded 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
Sequences &
Gene Models
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Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
genomic ENSMUSG00000029521 Ensembl Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 34167 C57BL/6J ±  kb
transcript ENSMUST00000066160 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 2276 Not Applicable  
polypeptide ENSMUSP00000066679 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 546 Not Applicable  
For the selected sequence
Protein
Information
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Molecular
Reagents
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  • All nucleic 31
    cDNA 28
    Primer pair 3

    Microarray probesets 3
References
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  • Summaries
    All 131
    Developmental Gene Expression 27
    Gene Ontology 10
    Phenotypes 65
  • Earliest
    J:134667 Roderick TH, et al., Two radiation-induced chromosomal inversions in mice (Mus musculus). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1970 Oct;67(2):961-7
  • Latest
    J:343599 Liu J, et al., ATM-CHK2-TRIM32 axis regulates ATG7 ubiquitination to initiate autophagy under oxidative stress. Cell Rep. 2023 Nov 8;42(11):113402

Contributing Projects:
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
03/12/2024
MGI 6.23
The Jackson Laboratory