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Human (GRCh38.p14)
Description

prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 [Source:HGNC Symbol;Acc:HGNC:9605]

Gene Synonyms

COX2

Location

Chromosome 1: 186,671,791-186,680,922 reverse strand.

GRCh38:CM000663.2

About this gene

This gene has 6 transcripts (splice variants), 238 orthologues and 1 paralogue.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchRefSeq MatchFlags
ENST00000367468.10PTGS2-2014510604aaENSP00000356438.5
 
Protein coding
CCDS1371P35354 NM_000963.4MANE SelectEnsembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1TSL:1
ENST00000680451.1PTGS2-2054709604aaENSP00000506242.1
 
Protein coding
CCDS1371P35354 -GENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1
ENST00000681605.1PTGS2-2064506107aaENSP00000504900.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
A0A7P0T828 --
ENST00000559627.1PTGS2-2041705163aaENSP00000454130.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
Q6ZYK7 -TSL:1
ENST00000490885.6PTGS2-2033690No protein-
 
Retained intron
--TSL:1
ENST00000466691.1PTGS2-202888No protein-
 
Retained intron
--TSL:2