The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen TAR (HIV-1) RNA Binding Protein 2 across different species:

TAR (HIV-1) RNA binding protein 2 (TARBP2), TAR (HIV) RNA binding protein 2 (Tarbp2), TAR (HIV) RNA binding protein 2 (tarbp2), TAR (HIV-1) RNA binding protein 2 (Tarbp2), MGC82499 protein (MGC82499), TAR (HIV-1) RNA binding protein 2 (tarbp2)

Other aliases include:

LOQS, TRBP, TRBP1, TRBP2, Prbp, fj51e12, zgc:63778, wu:fj51e12, MGC124970, MGC82499, tarbp2, MGC139801, trbp, trbp1, trbp2, MGC97783, TARBP2

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen TAR (HIV-1) RNA Binding Protein 2:

TAR RNA binding protein 2 – TAR RNA-binding protein 2 – TAR (HIV) RNA binding protein 2 – TAR (HIV) RNA-binding protein 2 – TAR (HIV) RNA-binding protein TRBP1 – trans-activation responsive RNA-binding protein – RISC-loading complex subunit TARBP2 – OTTMUSP00000045239 – OTTMUSP00000045240 – PRM-1 RNA-binding protein – protamine-1 RNA-binding protein – RISC-loading complex subunit tarbp2 – MGC82499 protein – TAR (HIV-1) RNA binding protein 2

TAR (HIV-1) RNA Binding Protein 2 fulfills a number of functions:

double-stranded RNA binding – protein binding – protein homodimerization activity – siRNA binding – RNA binding

TAR (HIV-1) RNA Binding Protein 2 is relevant to the following processes:

gene silencing by RNA – miRNA loading onto RISC involved in gene silencing by miRNA – negative regulation of defense response to virus by host – negative regulation of protein kinase activity – positive regulation of viral genome replication – pre-microRNA processing – production of siRNA involved in RNA interference – regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – regulation of translation – regulation of viral transcription – targeting of mRNA for destruction involved in RNA interference

Locations for TAR (HIV-1) RNA Binding Protein 2:

RNA-induced silencing complex – cytoplasm – intracellular – nucleus – perinuclear region of cytoplasm

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology