The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Recombination Activating Gene 2 across different species:

recombination activating gene 2 (RAG2), recombination activating gene 2 (Rag2), recombination activating gene 2 (rag2)

Other aliases include:

RAG-2, Rag-2, rag-2, MGC136743, zgc:136743

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Recombination Activating Gene 2:

V(D)J recombination-activating protein 2 – recombination activating gene 2 – OTTMUSP00000015478 – OTTMUSP00000015479 – recombinase activating gene 2 – recombination activating protein 2 – v(D)J recombination-activating protein 2 – RAG-2 – V(D)J recombination-activating protein 2-like

Recombination Activating Gene 2 fulfills a number of functions:

DNA binding – chromatin binding – endonuclease activity – metal ion binding – methylated histone residue binding – phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate binding – phosphatidylinositol-3,4-bisphosphate binding – phosphatidylinositol-3,5-bisphosphate binding – phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate binding – phosphoinositide binding – protein binding – zinc ion binding – hydrolase activity – nuclease activity – molecular_function

Recombination Activating Gene 2 is relevant to the following processes:

B cell differentiation – B cell homeostatic proliferation – B cell lineage commitment – DNA recombination – T cell differentiation in the thymus – T cell lineage commitment – V(D)J recombination – chromatin modification – positive regulation of organ growth – pre-B cell allelic exclusion – somatic diversification of immunoglobulins – T cell differentiation – biological_process

Locations for Recombination Activating Gene 2:

nucleus – cellular_component

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology