The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Aminolevulinate, delta-, Synthase 2 across different species:

aminolevulinate, delta-, synthase 2 (ALAS2), aminolevulinic acid synthase 2, erythroid (Alas2), aminolevulinate, delta-, synthase 2 (Alas2), aminolevulinate, delta-, synthetase 2 (alas2), aminolevulinate, delta-, synthase 2 (alas2)

Other aliases include:

ASB, ANH1, XLSA, ALASE, ALAS-E, FLJ93603, ALAS, Alas-2, sau, alas-e, cb1063, sauternes, MGC82115, asb, anh1, xlsa, MGC89126, ALAS2, MGC128330, DKFZp459M1818

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Aminolevulinate, delta-, Synthase 2:

5-aminolevulinate synthase 2 – delta-ALA synthetase – 5-aminolevulinic acid synthase – delta-aminolevulinate synthase – 5-aminolevulinate synthase, erythroid-specific, mitochondrial – OTTMUSP00000020679 – erythroid-specific ALAS – 5-aminolevulinate synthase – ALAS-E – Aminolevulinate synthase 2, delta – aminolevulinic acid synthase 2, erythroid – erythroid-specific delta-aminolevulinate synthase ALAS-E – aminolevulinate, delta-, synthase 2 – aminolevulinate, delta-, synthase 2 (sideroblastic/hypochromic anemia) – erythroid aminolevulinate synthase – delta-ALA synthetase 2 – 5-aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 – delta-aminolevulinate synthase 2 – delta-ALA synthase 2 – 5-aminolevulinate synthase, erythroid-specific, mitochondrial-like

Aminolevulinate, delta-, Synthase 2 fulfills a number of functions:

5-aminolevulinate synthase activity – acyltransferase activity – coenzyme binding – glycine binding – protein binding – pyridoxal phosphate binding – transferase activity, transferring nitrogenous groups – catalytic activity – transferase activity – heme binding

Aminolevulinate, delta-, Synthase 2 is relevant to the following processes:

biosynthetic process – cellular iron ion homeostasis – erythrocyte differentiation – heme biosynthetic process – hemoglobin biosynthetic process – oxygen homeostasis – porphyrin metabolic process – response to hypoxia – tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process – metabolic process – embryonic hemopoiesis

Locations for Aminolevulinate, delta-, Synthase 2:

mitochondrial inner membrane – mitochondrial matrix – mitochondrion – soluble fraction

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology