| Entrez gene ID | | 501454 |
| Official gene symbol | | Oaz2 |
| Full name | | ornithine decarboxylase antizyme 2 |
| Aliases | | RGD1562933 |
| Gene summary | | Ornithine decarboxylase catalyzes the conversion of ornithine to putrescine in the first and apparently rate-limiting step in polyamine biosynthesis. The ornithine decarboxylase antizymes play a role in the regulation of polyamine synthesis by binding to and inhibiting ornithine decarboxylase. Antizyme expression is auto-regulated by polyamine-enhanced translational frameshifting. The antizyme encoded by this gene inhibits ornithine decarboxylase but does not accelerate its degradation. [provided by RefSeq] |
| Location | | Chromosome: 8 Locus: 8q24 |
| Gene position | | 69935001 - 69948824 Map Viewer |
| Gene orientation | | plus |
| Gene size | | 13824 bp |
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