The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen H2A Histone Family, Member Y2 across different species:

H2A histone family, member Y2 (H2AFY2), H2A histone family, member Y2 (H2afy2), H2A histone family, member Y2 (h2afy2), H2A histone family, member Y2 (LOC100224559)

Other aliases include:

macroH2A2, RGD1561371, MGC69037, MGC130768, macroh2a2, MGC130227, MGC130228, MGC139428, MGC114051, im:6898017, wu:fa14g05, zgc:114051

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen H2A Histone Family, Member Y2:

core histone macro-H2A.2 – mH2A2 – histone macroH2A2 – OTTHUMP00000019736 – core histone macroH2A2.2 – H2A histone family, member Y2 – H2A histone family, member Y-like – H2A2

H2A Histone Family, Member Y2 fulfills a number of functions:

DNA binding – molecular_function – transcription regulatory region DNA binding

H2A Histone Family, Member Y2 is relevant to the following processes:

chromatin modification – dosage compensation – nucleosome assembly

Locations for H2A Histone Family, Member Y2:

Barr body – chromosome – nucleosome – nucleus

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology