Gene Information
Gene NameESR2
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length530
Protein NamesEstrogen receptor beta (ER-beta) (Nuclear receptor subfamily 3 group A member 2)
Target Nameestrogen receptor beta
Target TypeSuccessful target
Gene Age950 ( ENSG00000140009 )
Evolutionary StageEumetazoa
AlphaFoldDBQ92731
Gene CardESR2
Uniprot IDQ92731
PfamPF12497; PF00104; PF00105
In ASDyes
Allosteric Predictionyes (1.521002916)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ ESR2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ ESR2 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ ESR2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ ESR2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Esr2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ ESR2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Esr2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ ESR2 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsESR1, NR3C1, ESRRA, ESRRG
ParalogsESRRG, ESRRB, NR3C1, ESRRA, ESR1, AR, PGR, NR3C2
TissueNA
Tissue Specificity[Isoform 1]: Expressed in testis and ovary, and at a lower level in heart, brain, placenta, liver, skeletal muscle, spleen, thymus, prostate, colon, bone marrow, mammary gland and uterus. Also found in uterine bone, breast, and ovarian tumor cell lines, but not in colon and liver tumors. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9636657}.;
[Isoform 2]: Expressed in spleen, thymus, testis and ovary and at a lower level in skeletal muscle, prostate, colon, small intestine, leukocytes, bone marrow, mammary gland and uterus. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9636657}.;
[Isoform 4]: Expressed in the testis. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9636657}.;
[Isoform 5]: Expressed in testis, and at a lower level in spleen, thymus, ovary, mammary gland and uterus. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9636657}.;
[Isoform 6]: Expressed in testis, placenta, skeletal muscle, spleen and leukocytes, and at a lower level in heart, lung, liver, kidney, pancreas, thymus, prostate, colon, small intestine, bone marrow, mammary gland and uterus. Not expressed in brain. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9636657}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);0.001490(Rat);0.044444(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 1L2J  (X-ray  2.95A  1NDE  (X-ray  3.00A  1QKM  (X-ray  1.80A  1U3Q  (X-ray  2.40A  1U3R  (X-ray  2.21A  1U3S  (X-ray  2.50A  1U9E  (X-ray  2.40A  1X76  (X-ray  2.20A  1X78  (X-ray  2.30A  1X7B  (X-ray  2.30A  1X7J  (X-ray  2.30A  1YY4  (X-ray  2.70A  1YYE  (X-ray  2.03A  1ZAF  (X-ray  2.20A  2FSZ  (X-ray  2.20A  2GIU  (X-ray  2.20A  2I0G  (X-ray  2.50A  2JJ3  (X-ray  2.28A  2NV7  (X-ray  2.10A  2QTU  (X-ray  2.53A  2YJD  (X-ray  1.93A  2YLY  (X-ray  3.20A  2Z4B  (X-ray  2.34A  3OLL  (X-ray  1.50A  3OLS  (X-ray  2.20A  3OMO  (X-ray  2.21A  3OMP  (X-ray  2.05A  3OMQ  (X-ray  1.97A  4J24  (X-ray  2.10A  4J26  (X-ray  2.30A  4ZI1  (X-ray  2.10A  5TOA  (X-ray  2.50A  7XVY  (X-ray  1.54A  7XVZ  (X-ray  2.08A  7XWP  (X-ray  1.92A  7XWQ  (X-ray  1.89A  7XWR  (X-ray  2.16A 
DBSNP rs1460814363  rs750091675  rs1567753148  rs1217623435 
Subcellular location [CC]Nucleus {ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00407, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19126643, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20074560}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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