Gene Information
Gene NameSFN
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length237
Protein NamesOligoribonuclease, mitochondrial (EC 3.1.15.-) (RNA exonuclease 2 homolog) (Small fragment nuclease)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age424 ( ENSG00000175793 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBQ9Y3B8
Gene CardREXO2
Uniprot IDQ9Y3B8
PfamPF00929
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.505002236)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ SFN ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ SFN ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ SFN ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Sfn ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ SFN ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Sfn ( ortholog_one2many )
OhnologsYWHAH, YWHAQ, YWHAZ, YWHAB, YWHAG
ParalogsYWHAZ, YWHAE, YWHAB, YWHAQ, YWHAH, YWHAG
Tissuetongue, esophagus.mucosa, suprapubic.skin
Tissue SpecificityHighly expressed in the heart and at lower levels in the lymph nodes, brain, lung, liver, spleen and thymus. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10851236}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 6J7Y  (X-ray  2.20A  6J7Z  (X-ray  2.00A  6J80  (X-ray  1.81A  6N6I  (X-ray  1.43A  6N6J  (X-ray  1.32A  6N6K  (X-ray  1.42A  6RCI  (X-ray  2.00A  6RCL  (X-ray  1.97A  6RCN  (X-ray  2.25A  6STY  (X-ray  3.15A 
DBSNP NA 
Subcellular location [CC]Mitochondrion intermembrane space {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23741365}. Mitochondrion matrix {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23741365}. Mitochondrion {ECO:0000269|PubMed:32365187}. Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23741365, ECO:0000269|PubMed:32365187}. Nucleus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:32365187}.;
[Isoform 3]: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:32365187}. Nucleus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:32365187}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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