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

thioredoxin reductase 2 (TXNRD2), thioredoxin reductase 2 (Trxr-2), thioredoxin reductase 3 (TXNRD3)

Other aliases include:

TR, TR3, SELZ, TRXR2, TR-BETA, DmTrxR-2, Trxr2, trxr-2, DmelCG11401, CG11401, TGR, TR2, TRXR3

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

thioredoxin reductase 2 – selenoprotein Z – OTTHUMP00000195708 – thioredoxin reductase 3 – thioredoxin reductase beta – CG11401-PA – Trxr-2-PA – thioredoxin reductase – thioredoxin-reductase-2 – thioredoxin glutathione reductase

Thioredoxin Reductase 2 fulfills a number of functions:

FAD binding – NADP or NADPH binding – electron carrier activity – oxidoreductase activity – selenium binding – thioredoxin-disulfide reductase activity – antioxidant activity – protein disulfide oxidoreductase activity

Thioredoxin Reductase 2 is relevant to the following processes:

cell redox homeostasis – oxidation reduction – response to oxygen radical – cell differentiation – electron transport chain – glutathione metabolic process – multicellular organismal development – spermatogenesis – transport

Locations for Thioredoxin Reductase 2:

cytoplasm – mitochondrion – endoplasmic reticulum – microsome – nucleus

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology