DCTN2

gene of the species Homo sapiens
Gene gene Q18035468
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DCTN2

Summary

DCTN2 is a gene[1]. DCTN2 ranks in the top 2% of gene entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • DCTN2's instance of is recorded as gene[3].
  • DCTN2 is a type of protein-coding gene[4].
  • DCTN2's HomoloGene ID is recorded as 4667[5].
  • DCTN2's ortholog is recorded as Dctn2[6].
  • DCTN2's ortholog is recorded as Dctn2[7].
  • DCTN2's ortholog is recorded as dnc-2[8].
  • DCTN2's ortholog is recorded as dctn2[9].
  • DCTN2's ortholog is recorded as DCTN2-p50[10].
  • DCTN2's encodes is recorded as Dynactin subunit 2[11].
  • DCTN2's encodes is recorded as Dynactin subunit 2[12].
  • DCTN2's encodes is recorded as Dynactin 2 (P50), isoform CRA_b[13].
  • DCTN2's found in taxon is recorded as Homo sapiens[14].
  • DCTN2's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/ncbigene/10540[15].

Why It Matters

DCTN2 ranks in the top 2% of gene entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2] DCTN2 is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Ensembl Release 87. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Q905695. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Q905695. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Q905695. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Identifiers.org. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · KaterynaVa · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Chromosome Q847102
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1057]]: [[Q847102]]"
  2. 15w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hgnc gene symbol DCTN2
    Refseq rna id XR_944481, NM_001261412, NM_001261413 +3
    Exact match http://identifiers.org/ncbigene/10540
    Omim id 607376
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||gsw */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32527|batch #32527]]: human gene name and description in Alemannic"
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