The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Peroxiredoxin 2 across different species:

peroxiredoxin 2 (PRDX2), peroxiredoxin 2 (Prdx2), peroxiredoxin 2 (prdx2)

Other aliases include:

PRP, TSA, PRX2, NKEFB, PRXII, TDPX1, MGC4104, TR, TPx, TDX1, NkefB, PrxII, TPx-B, Tdpx1, Torin, Band-8, AL022839, cb58, prdx1, MGC92891, zgc:92891, wu:fq19b09

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Peroxiredoxin 2:

peroxiredoxin 2 – torin – thioredoxin peroxidase 1 – thiol-specific antioxidant 1 – natural killer-enhancing factor B – thioredoxin-dependent peroxide reductase 1 – peroxiredoxin-2 – Prx II-1 – Calpromotin – protector protein – OTTMUSP00000018421 – OTTMUSP00000018422 – OTTMUSP00000018423 – OTTMUSP00000022376 – thioredoxin reductase – Trx dependent peroxide reductase 1 – thiol specific antioxidant protein – thiol-specific antioxidant protein – thioredoxin dependent peroxide reductase 1 – TSA – peroxiredoxin 1

Peroxiredoxin 2 fulfills a number of functions:

oxidoreductase activity – thioredoxin peroxidase activity – antioxidant activity – peroxidase activity – peroxiredoxin activity – protein binding – selenium binding – molecular_function

Peroxiredoxin 2 is relevant to the following processes:

anti-apoptosis – cell redox homeostasis – hydrogen peroxide catabolic process – oxidation reduction – regulation of apoptosis – response to oxidative stress – T cell proliferation – activation of MAPK activity – homeostasis of number of cells – hydrogen peroxide metabolic process – metabolic process – negative regulation of NF-kappaB transcription factor activity – negative regulation of T cell differentiation – negative regulation of lipopolysaccharide-mediated signaling pathway – negative regulation of neuron apoptosis – negative regulation of oxygen and reactive oxygen species metabolic process – oxygen and reactive oxygen species metabolic process – regulation of hydrogen peroxide metabolic process – respiratory burst involved in inflammatory response – response to lipopolysaccharide – thymus development

Locations for Peroxiredoxin 2:

cytoplasm – cytosol – mitochondrion

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology