The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Methionine Adenosyltransferase II, alpha across different species:

methionine adenosyltransferase II, alpha (MAT2A), methionine adenosyltransferase II, alpha (Mat2a), methionine adenosyltransferase II, alpha (mat2a)

Other aliases include:

MATA2, MATII, SAMS2, Sams2, MGC6545, D630045P18Rik, fd12a12, wu:fb95e01, wu:fd12a12, MGC53346, m(2)21ab, MGC76253, MGC79598, DKFZp469P1820

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Methionine Adenosyltransferase II, alpha:

methionine adenosyltransferase II, alpha – S-adenosylmethionine synthase isoform type-2 – MAT 2 – MAT-II – adoMet synthase 2 – adoMet synthetase 2 – methionine adenosyltransferase 2 – S-adenosylmethionine synthetase isoform type-2 – non-hepatic-type S-adenosylmethionine synthetase – S-adenosylmethionine synthetase isoform type-2-like

Methionine Adenosyltransferase II, alpha fulfills a number of functions:

ATP binding – cobalt ion binding – magnesium ion binding – methionine adenosyltransferase activity – nucleotide binding – potassium ion binding – protein binding – transferase activity – metal ion binding

Methionine Adenosyltransferase II, alpha is relevant to the following processes:

S-adenosylmethionine biosynthetic process – circadian rhythm – one-carbon metabolic process – response to cAMP – response to drug – response to hormone stimulus – response to light stimulus

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology