The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen AlkB, Alkylation Repair Homolog 2 across different species:

alkB, alkylation repair homolog 2 (E. coli) (Alkbh2), alkB, alkylation repair homolog 2 (E. coli) (ALKBH2)

Other aliases include:

Abh2, mABH2, AU016977, 9530023G02, RGD1306377, MGC90512, MGC142387, ABH2, FLJ99103

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen AlkB, Alkylation Repair Homolog 2:

alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase alkB homolog 2 – OTTMUSP00000015347 – OTTMUSP00000015348 – alkylated DNA repair protein alkB homolog 2 – AlkB homolog 2 – alkB, alkylation repair homolog 2 (E. coli) – alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase alkB homolog 2-like – oxy DC1 – 2OG-Fe(II) oxy DC1

AlkB, Alkylation Repair Homolog 2 fulfills a number of functions:

2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase activity – cytosine C-5 DNA demethylase activity – endonuclease activity – exonuclease activity – metal ion binding – oxidoreductase activity – oxidoreductase activity, acting on single donors with incorporation of molecular oxygen, incorporation of two atoms of oxygen – DNA-N1-methyladenine dioxygenase activity – damaged DNA binding – ferrous iron binding

AlkB, Alkylation Repair Homolog 2 is relevant to the following processes:

DNA repair – oxidation reduction – response to DNA damage stimulus – DNA dealkylation involved in DNA repair – oxidative DNA demethylation – DNA demethylation – oxidative demethylation

Locations for AlkB, Alkylation Repair Homolog 2:

nucleus – nucleoplasm

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology