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HCAR2

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Class type of: protein-coding gene Q18055221

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
gene
Subclass of
protein-coding gene
Chromosome
human chromosome 12[11]
Cytogenetic location
12q24.31[13]
Encodes
Hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 2[9]
Expressed in
blood, olfactory zone of nasal mucosa, granulocyte, skin of abdomen, gonad, skin of leg, spleen, bone marrow, minor salivary glands, subcutaneous adipose tissue[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens[10]
Genomic end
123187890, 122703357[6][7]
Genomic start
122701293, 123185840[4][5]
HomoloGene ID
4391[3]
Ortholog
Hcar2, Hcar2[8]
Strand orientation
reverse strand[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en GPR109A en HCA2 en HCAR2 en HM74a en HM74b en hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 2 en Niacin receptor 1 en NIACR1 en Puma-g en PUMAG ja ヒドロキシカルボン酸受容体2 ko 하이드록시카복실산 수용체 2
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Ensembl gene ID
ENSG00000182782
Ensembl transcript ID
ENST00000328880
Entrez Gene ID
338442
Exact match
identifiers.org
Freebase ID
/m/03d3svc
HGNC ID
24827
HGNC gene symbol
HCAR2
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779253827
OMIM ID
609163
RefSeq RNA ID
NM_177551
UMLS CUI
C1539603

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🔗 Connections
Expressed in 5
blood, spleen, bone marrow, gonad, granulocyte
Chromosome 1
human chromosome 12
Found in taxon 1
Homo sapiens
Instance of 1
gene
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Summary

HCAR2 is a gene[1]. HCAR2 is a type of protein-coding gene[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Ensembl Release 87. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Found in taxon → Homo sapiens
    Chromosome → human chromosome 12
    Subclass of → protein-coding gene
    Encodes → Hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 2
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [gsw] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32569: human gene name and description in Alemannic"
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