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Designing an IHC experiment for PRMT2? The guide has the expected staining pattern, antigen retrieval and fixation, antibodies backed by real IHC images, the tissue controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the PRMT2 IHC GuideFacts about Protein arginine N-methyltransferase 2.
Acts as a coactivator (with estrogen) of estrogen receptor (ER)-mediated transactivation. Improves PGR, PPARG, RARA-mediated transactivation.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | PRMT2 |
| Uniprot: | P55345 |
| Entrez: | 3275 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| class I-like SAM-binding methyltransferase superfamily |

EC 2.1.1.-; EC 2.1.1.125; Histone-arginine N-methyltransferase PRMT2; HMT1 (hnRNP methyltransferase, S. cerevisiae)-like 1; HMT1 hnRNP methyltransferase-like 1 (S. cerevisiae); HMT1 hnRNP methyltransferase-like 1; HMT1; HRMT1L1PRMT2 beta; MGC111373; PRMT2 alpha; PRMT2 gamma; protein arginine methyltransferase 2; protein arginine N-methyltransferase 2
Mass (kDA):
49.042 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 21q22.3 |
| Sequence: | 21; NC_000021.9 (46635156..46665685) |
Widely expressed. Highly expressed in androgen target organs such as heart, prostate, skeletal muscle, ovary and spinal cord.
[Isoform 1]: Cytoplasm. Nucleus. Translocates from the cytoplasm to the nucleus, after hormone exposure. Excluded from nucleolus.; [Isoform PRMT2Alpha]: Nucleus. Excluded from nucleolus.; [Isoform PRMT2Beta]: Cytoplasm. Nucleus. Nucleus, nucleolus.; [Isoform PRMT2Gamma]: Nucleus. Excluded from nucleolus.; [Isoform PRMT2L2]: Cytoplasm. Nucleus. Predominantly cytoplasmic.






PMID: 9545638 by Scott H.S., et al. Identification and characterization of two putative human arginine methyltransferases (HRMT1L1 and HRMT1L2).
PMID: 9196002 by Katsanis N., et al. Identification and mapping of a novel human gene, HRMT1L1, homologous to the rat protein arginine N-methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1) gene.