Gene Information
Gene NameANKRD2
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length360
Protein NamesAnkyrin repeat domain-containing protein 2 (Skeletal muscle ankyrin repeat protein) (hArpp)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age680 ( ENSG00000165887 )
Evolutionary StageVertebrata
AlphaFoldDBQ9GZV1
Gene CardANKRD2
Uniprot IDQ9GZV1
PfamPF12796
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-1.247433257)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ ANKRD2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ ANKRD2 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ ANKRD2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ ANKRD2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Ankrd2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ ANKRD2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Ankrd2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ ANKRD2 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsANKRD23
ParalogsANKRD1
Tissueheart, skeletal.muscle, left.ventricle
Tissue SpecificityMostly expressed in skeletal and cardiac muscles. Found in slow fibers. Also expressed in kidney, but to a lower extent (at protein level). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11444853, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11453652}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs7094973 
Subcellular location [CC]Cytoplasm, myofibril, sarcomere, I band {ECO:0000250}. Cytoplasm, cytosol. Nucleus. Nucleus, PML body. Note=In the sarcoplasm of differentiated striated muscle cells, where it is cytosolic and enriched in the I band. In nucleus and PML bodies of proliferating and undifferentiated myoblasts. Associates with the euchromatin in the nucleus of myocytes upon muscle stress.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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