The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen SMAD Family Member 2 across different species:

SMAD family member 2 (SMAD2), MAD homolog 2 (Drosophila) (smad2), SMAD family member 2 (smad2)

Other aliases include:

SMAD2, DKFZp469D1919, madh2, fj43c06, wu:fj43c06, XSmad2, smad-2, MGC81131

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen SMAD Family Member 2:

SMAD family member 2 – mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 2 – Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 2 – MAD homolog 2 – SMA- and MAD-related protein 2 – MAD (mothers against decapentaplegic, Drosophila) homolog 2 – Sma- and Mad-related protein 2 – mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 2-like – Sma- and Mad-related protein 2-like

SMAD Family Member 2 fulfills a number of functions:

protein binding – transcription factor activity

SMAD Family Member 2 is relevant to the following processes:

embryonic pattern specification – intracellular signaling cascade – multicellular organismal development – negative regulation of transcription – regulation of transcription – regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent – transcription – transforming growth factor beta receptor signaling pathway

Locations for SMAD Family Member 2:

cytoplasm – intracellular – nucleus – transcription factor complex

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology