MAGEA2B

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Also known as MAGE2MGC16973MAGEA2

Summary

MAGEA2B (MAGE family member A2B, HGNC:19340) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome Xq28, encoding Melanoma-associated antigen 2 (P43356). Reduces p53/TP53 transactivation function through recruitment of HDAC3 to p53/TP53 transcription sites.

This gene is a member of the MAGEA gene family. The members of this family encode proteins with 50 to 80% sequence identity to each other. The promoters and first exons of the MAGEA genes show considerable variability, suggesting that the existence of this gene family enables the same function to be expressed under different transcriptional controls. The MAGEA genes are clustered at chromosomal location Xq28. They have been implicated in some hereditary disorders, such as dyskeratosis congenita. This gene has two identical copies at different loci.

Source: NCBI Gene 266740 — RefSeq curated summary.

At a glance

  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 1 total
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_001386132

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:19340
Approved symbolMAGEA2B
NameMAGE family member A2B
LocationXq28
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
AliasesMAGE2, MGC16973, MAGEA2
Ensembl geneENSG00000183305
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
OMIM300549
Entrez266740

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 41 — 38 protein_coding, 3 protein_coding_CDS_not_defined

ENST00000331220, ENST00000370293, ENST00000409560, ENST00000422085, ENST00000423993, ENST00000447530, ENST00000453150, ENST00000458057, ENST00000467743, ENST00000492402, ENST00000497578, ENST00000682532, ENST00000921037, ENST00000921038, ENST00000921039, ENST00000921040, ENST00000921041, ENST00000921042, ENST00000921043, ENST00000921044, ENST00000921045, ENST00000921046, ENST00000921047, ENST00000921048, ENST00000921049, ENST00000921050, ENST00000921051, ENST00000921052, ENST00000921053, ENST00000921054, ENST00000921055, ENST00000921056, ENST00000921057, ENST00000921058, ENST00000921059, ENST00000921060, ENST00000921061, ENST00000921062, ENST00000921063, ENST00000921064, ENST00000921065

RefSeq mRNA: 7 — MANE Select: NM_001386132 NM_001321400, NM_001321401, NM_001321402, NM_001321403, NM_001321404, NM_001386132, NM_153488

CCDS: CCDS76046

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000682532 — 5 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE00001595771152717042152718607
ENSE00001613800152716896152716961
ENSE00001664534152715957152716076
ENSE00001717176152715079152715157
ENSE00001800090152714628152714682

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth broad, 58 present calls, max score 82.18.

Top tissues by expression

106 total, by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
male germ line stem cell (sensu Vertebrata) in testisCL:0000089 ∩ UBERON:000047382.18gold quality
primordial germ cell in gonadCL:0000670 ∩ UBERON:000099181.02silver quality
testisUBERON:000047352.18gold quality
left testisUBERON:000453351.34gold quality
right testisUBERON:000453450.84gold quality
colonic epitheliumUBERON:000039742.35gold quality
granulocyteCL:000009439.03gold quality
placentaUBERON:000198738.70gold quality
bone marrow cellCL:000209238.21gold quality
sural nerveUBERON:001548837.80gold quality
ventricular zoneUBERON:000305336.48gold quality
cortical plateUBERON:000534336.47gold quality
ganglionic eminenceUBERON:000402335.49gold quality
skeletal muscle tissueUBERON:000113435.16gold quality
Ammon’s hornUBERON:000195435.11gold quality
primary visual cortexUBERON:000243634.88gold quality
substantia nigraUBERON:000203834.09gold quality
prefrontal cortexUBERON:000045133.39gold quality
bone marrowUBERON:000237132.79gold quality
lymph nodeUBERON:000002932.43gold quality
muscle tissueUBERON:000238532.37gold quality
hindlimb stylopod muscleUBERON:000425232.15gold quality
frontal cortexUBERON:000187031.30gold quality
ectocervixUBERON:001224931.22silver quality
right coronary arteryUBERON:000162531.08silver quality
C1 segment of cervical spinal cordUBERON:000646930.88gold quality
putamenUBERON:000187430.68silver quality
cerebral cortexUBERON:000095630.29gold quality
Brodmann (1909) area 9UBERON:001354029.91gold quality
leukocyteCL:000073829.89silver quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 2 experiment(s), a significant marker in 0.

ExperimentMarker?Max mean expression
E-CURD-53no38.12
E-ANND-3no0.16

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

miRNA regulators (miRDB)

24 targeting MAGEA2B, top 30 by miRDB confidence (max_score; target_count = how many genes the miRNA targets in total — lower means more specific):

miRNAMax scoreAvg scoremiRNA target_count
HSA-MIR-4789-3P99.9970.752484
HSA-MIR-477599.9875.006394
HSA-MIR-590-3P99.9674.346478
HSA-MIR-7162-3P99.8968.161682
HSA-MIR-383-3P99.8565.841359
HSA-MIR-202-3P99.8471.411290
HSA-MIR-6515-3P99.8268.191933
HSA-MIR-4694-3P99.7969.532640
HSA-MIR-46699.6770.852863
HSA-MIR-449999.6267.291470
HSA-MIR-426199.5970.303415
HSA-MIR-147B-5P99.4570.622432
HSA-MIR-442799.3470.331854
HSA-MIR-324-3P99.2666.311034
HSA-MIR-892C-5P99.1670.562116
HSA-MIR-1227-5P98.6565.321549
HSA-MIR-31-5P98.5868.351239
HSA-MIR-6509-3P98.3267.331343
HSA-MIR-1212098.0568.441768
HSA-MIR-96-3P97.4768.03839
HSA-MIR-6750-3P96.7967.50740
HSA-MIR-6857-3P96.7065.43915
HSA-MIR-151A-3P95.5265.29516
HSA-MIR-5195-5P90.8465.09287

Cross-species orthologs

4 orthologs

OrganismSymbolGene ID
danio_reriondnl2ENSDARG00000058212
mus_musculusMagea13ENSMUSG00000046180
rattus_norvegicusMagea13ENSRNOG00000003532
drosophila_melanogasterMAGEFBGN0037481

Paralogs (37): MAGEC2 (ENSG00000046774), TRO (ENSG00000067445), MAGEB2 (ENSG00000099399), MAGED2 (ENSG00000102316), MAGEB4 (ENSG00000120289), MAGEA9 (ENSG00000123584), MAGEA10 (ENSG00000124260), MAGEA4 (ENSG00000147381), MAGED4 (ENSG00000154545), MAGEC1 (ENSG00000155495), MAGEA8 (ENSG00000156009), MAGEC3 (ENSG00000165509), MAGEB6 (ENSG00000176746), MAGEB18 (ENSG00000176774), MAGEF1 (ENSG00000177383), MAGEB10 (ENSG00000177689), MAGED1 (ENSG00000179222), NDN (ENSG00000182636), MAGEB17 (ENSG00000182798), NSMCE3 (ENSG00000185115), MAGEA11 (ENSG00000185247), MAGEE2 (ENSG00000186675), MAGED4B (ENSG00000187243), MAGEH1 (ENSG00000187601), MAGEB5 (ENSG00000188408), MAGEB16 (ENSG00000189023), MAGEA6 (ENSG00000197172), MAGEA1 (ENSG00000198681), MAGEB3 (ENSG00000198798), MAGEE1 (ENSG00000198934), MAGEA12 (ENSG00000213401), MAGEB1 (ENSG00000214107), MAGEA3 (ENSG00000221867), MAGEB6B (ENSG00000232030), MAGEL2 (ENSG00000254585), MAGEA9B (ENSG00000267978), MAGEA2 (ENSG00000268606)

Protein

Protein identifiers

Melanoma-associated antigen 2P43356 (reviewed: P43356)

Alternative names: Cancer/testis antigen 1.2, MAGE-2 antigen

All UniProt accessions (7): P43356, B9A060, E7ENJ0, E7EP80, E7EQY6, E7ER35, E9PC03

UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →

Function. Reduces p53/TP53 transactivation function through recruitment of HDAC3 to p53/TP53 transcription sites. Also represses p73/TP73 activity. Proposed to enhance ubiquitin ligase activity of RING-type zinc finger-containing E3 ubiquitin-protein ligases. In vitro enhances ubiquitin ligase activity of TRIM28 and stimulates p53/TP53 ubiquitination by TRIM28 potentially in presence of Ubl-conjugating enzyme UBE2H. Proposed to act through recruitment and/or stabilization of the Ubl-conjugating enzyme (E2) at the E3:substrate complex. May play a role in embryonal development and tumor transformation or aspects of tumor progression. In vitro promotes cell viability in melanoma cell lines. Antigen recognized on a melanoma by autologous cytolytic T-lymphocytes. Negatively regulates acetylation and sumoylation of PML and represses PML-induced p53/TP53 acetylation and activation.

Subunit / interactions. Interacts with TRIM28 and UBE2H. Interacts with HDAC3. Interacts with PML (isoform PML-1, isoform PML-2, isoform PML-3, isoform PML-4 and isoform PML-5).

Subcellular location. Nucleus. PML body.

Tissue specificity. Expressed in many tumors of several types, such as melanoma, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, lung carcinoma and breast carcinoma, but not in normal tissues except for testes.

RefSeq proteins (7): NP_001308329, NP_001308330, NP_001308331, NP_001308332, NP_001308333, NP_001373061, NP_705692 (=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR002190MHD_domDomain
IPR021072MAGE_NDomain
IPR037445MAGEFamily
IPR041898MAGE_WH1Homologous_superfamily
IPR041899MAGE_WH2Homologous_superfamily

Pfam: PF01454, PF12440

UniProt features (7 total): compositionally biased region 2, chain 1, domain 1, region of interest 1, modified residue 1, mutagenesis site 1

Structure

Experimental structures (PDB)

0 structures.

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-P43356-F171.630.43

Functional residue map

Curated UniProt residues grouped by drug-discovery relevance — catalytic, ligand-binding, modification, and mutation-validated positions. Source: UniProtKB sequence features.

Post-translational modifications (1): 64

Mutagenesis-validated functional residues (1):

PositionPhenotype
170improves ability to bind to hla-a1.

Function

Pathways and Gene Ontology

Reactome pathways

0 pathways

MSigDB gene sets: 69 (showing top): BROWNE_HCMV_INFECTION_30MIN_DN, MODULE_52, GOBP_REGULATION_OF_PROTEIN_SUMOYLATION, GOBP_MACROMOLECULE_CATABOLIC_PROCESS, GOBP_REGULATION_OF_TRANSFERASE_ACTIVITY, GOBP_CELLULAR_SENESCENCE, ACEVEDO_LIVER_CANCER_WITH_H3K27ME3_UP, GOBP_POSITIVE_REGULATION_OF_CATALYTIC_ACTIVITY, GOBP_PEPTIDYL_LYSINE_MODIFICATION, GOBP_POSITIVE_REGULATION_OF_MOLECULAR_FUNCTION, GOBP_PROTEIN_ACETYLATION, GOBP_PROTEIN_SUMOYLATION, GOBP_POST_TRANSLATIONAL_PROTEIN_MODIFICATION, GOBP_REGULATION_OF_PROTEIN_ACETYLATION, GOBP_NEGATIVE_REGULATION_OF_PROTEIN_METABOLIC_PROCESS

GO Biological Process (7): negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122), protein catabolic process (GO:0030163), negative regulation of protein sumoylation (GO:0033234), positive regulation of ubiquitin-protein transferase activity (GO:0051443), signal transduction by p53 class mediator (GO:0072331), cellular senescence (GO:0090398), negative regulation of protein acetylation (GO:1901984)

GO Molecular Function (4): ubiquitin protein ligase binding (GO:0031625), histone deacetylase binding (GO:0042826), DNA-binding transcription factor binding (GO:0140297), protein binding (GO:0005515)

GO Cellular Component (2): nucleus (GO:0005634), PML body (GO:0016605)

GO top-level categories

Rollup of top GO terms by namespace:

CategoryTerms
regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II1
transcription by RNA polymerase II1
negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription1
macromolecule catabolic process1
protein metabolic process1
protein sumoylation1
regulation of protein sumoylation1
negative regulation of protein modification by small protein conjugation or removal1
ubiquitin-protein transferase activity1
positive regulation of protein ubiquitination1
positive regulation of catalytic activity1
regulation of ubiquitin-protein transferase activity1
intracellular signal transduction1
cellular process1
cellular response to stress1
protein acetylation1
negative regulation of protein modification process1
regulation of protein acetylation1
ubiquitin-like protein ligase binding1
enzyme binding1
transcription factor binding1
binding1
intracellular membrane-bounded organelle1
nuclear body1

Protein interactions and networks

STRING

444 interactions, top by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
MAGEA2BCTAG1AP78358812
MAGEA2BCTAG2O75638787
MAGEA2BCSAG2Q9Y5P2670
MAGEA2BGAGE4P0DSO3662
MAGEA2BPMELP40967605
MAGEA2BTRIM28Q13263598
MAGEA2BTP53P04637589
MAGEA2BCSAG1Q6PB30542
MAGEA2BDDX43Q9NXZ2538
MAGEA2BTYRP14679522
MAGEA2BGAGE2AQ6NT46507
MAGEA2BA0A1W2PQG5A0A1W2PQG5506
MAGEA2BESR1P03372489
MAGEA2BXAGE1BQ9HD64473
MAGEA2BMAGEF1Q9HAY2455

IntAct

111 interactions, top by confidence:

ABTypeScore
TP53MAGEA2psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.730
MAGEA2TP53psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.730
TP53MAGEA2psi-mi:“MI:0407”(direct interaction)0.730
SEPTIN5MAGEA2psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.670
MAGEA2P4HA3psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.670
TRIM28MAGEA2psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.670
MAGEA2TRIM28psi-mi:“MI:0403”(colocalization)0.670
MAGEA2HDAC3psi-mi:“MI:0407”(direct interaction)0.590
MAGEA2HDAC3psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.590
MAGEA2HDAC3psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.590
MAGEA2GCD7psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
TIM10MAGEA2psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
CSN9MAGEA2psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
MAGEA2TIM10psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
MAGEA2CEP57psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
MAGEA2SMARCD1psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
MAGEA2PSMC1psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
MAGEA2ANKRD45psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
MAGEA2COQ4psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560

BioGRID (74): MAGEA2B (Two-hybrid), MAGEA2B (Two-hybrid), MAGEA2B (Two-hybrid), MAGEA2B (Two-hybrid), MAGEA2B (Two-hybrid), P4HA3 (Two-hybrid), CEP57L1 (Two-hybrid), ANKRD45 (Two-hybrid), MDM2 (Reconstituted Complex), MDM2 (Affinity Capture-Western), MAGEA2 (Affinity Capture-Western), MDM2 (Protein-peptide), MAGEA2 (Reconstituted Complex), MAGEA2B (Two-hybrid), CEP57 (Two-hybrid)

ESM2 similar proteins: A0A0J9YX57, A1A5P9, A2A368, A2A9R3, A8MXT2, B2KFW1, O15479, O15480, O15481, O15553, P0C6Y7, P10073, P17040, P25233, P43355, P43356, P43357, P43358, P43360, P43362, P43363, P43364, P43366, Q13342, Q16666, Q4R998, Q5PPP4, Q5RD14, Q6AY37, Q6PCZ4, Q8BQR7, Q8IWY8, Q8IX06, Q8N660, Q8N7X4, Q8TD90, Q96DU7, Q96LZ2, Q96M61, Q99608

Diamond homologs: A0A0J9YX57, A1A5P9, A2A368, A2A9R3, A6NCF6, A6QLI5, A8MXT2, O15479, O15480, O15481, O60732, P25233, P43355, P43356, P43357, P43358, P43360, P43361, P43362, P43363, P43364, P43365, P43366, Q12816, Q4R998, Q5PPP4, Q5RFC2, Q6AY37, Q6ITT4, Q6PCZ4, Q8BQR7, Q8N7X4, Q8TD90, Q8TD91, Q96JG8, Q96LZ2, Q96M61, Q96MG7, Q99608, Q9BE18

SIGNOR signaling

0 interactions.

Disease & clinical

Clinical variants and AI predictions

ClinVar

1 variants total. Per-class counts are floors (≥ shown; pagination cap):

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic0
Likely pathogenic0
Uncertain significance1
Likely benign0
Benign0

Top pathogenic / likely-pathogenic (0)

SpliceAI

1503 predictions. Top by Δscore:

VariantEffectΔscore
X:152714679:CAAGG:Cdonor_loss1.0000
X:152714681:AGGT:Adonor_loss1.0000
X:152714683:G:Cdonor_loss1.0000
X:152714684:T:Gdonor_loss1.0000
X:152716957:GATCT:Gdonor_gain1.0000
X:152716962:G:GGdonor_gain1.0000
X:152717039:CAG:Cacceptor_loss1.0000
X:152717040:A:AGacceptor_gain1.0000
X:152717041:G:GGacceptor_gain1.0000
X:152717041:GGCCT:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
X:152751424:CAGGC:Cacceptor_gain1.0000
X:152751429:C:CAacceptor_loss1.0000
X:152751429:C:CCacceptor_gain1.0000
X:152751430:T:Aacceptor_loss1.0000
X:152751507:A:ACdonor_gain1.0000
X:152751508:C:CCdonor_gain1.0000
X:152751508:CAGAT:Cdonor_gain1.0000
X:152753783:CTTA:Cdonor_loss1.0000
X:152753784:TTA:Tdonor_loss1.0000
X:152753785:TACC:Tdonor_loss1.0000
X:152753787:C:CAdonor_loss1.0000
X:152716959:TCT:Tdonor_gain0.9900
X:152716959:TCTG:Tdonor_loss0.9900
X:152716960:CTGTA:Cdonor_loss0.9900
X:152716961:TG:Tdonor_loss0.9900
X:152716962:GTA:Gdonor_loss0.9900
X:152716963:T:TCdonor_loss0.9900
X:152716964:A:AGdonor_loss0.9900
X:152716965:AGTA:Adonor_loss0.9900
X:152716966:G:GGdonor_gain0.9900

AlphaMissense

0 scored. Top likely-pathogenic:

dbSNP variants (sampled 300 via entrez): RS1158210873 (X:152712825 G>A), RS1171897735 (X:152719042 A>G), RS1191818001 (X:152712897 A>G), RS1200776749 (X:152713000 C>T), RS1216799183 (X:152713125 C>T), RS1218097441 (X:152713266 C>T), RS1247186365 (X:152712956 G>A), RS1262788224 (X:152749566 C>A), RS1275907309 (X:152713276 AG>A), RS1277635313 (X:152713257 T>TG), RS1284883702 (X:152713100 A>G), RS1297963481 (X:152713336 A>G), RS1312103317 (X:152712669 G>A), RS1324664565 (X:152712764 C>T), RS1331009015 (X:152712759 A>G)

Disease associations

OMIM: gene MIM:300549 | disease phenotypes:

GenCC curated gene-disease

Mondo (0):

Orphanet (0):

HPO phenotypes

0 total (0 of 0 shown, HPO-id order):

GWAS associations

0 associations (top):

Drugs & pharmacology

Drug and pharmacology data

Is drug target: no

PharmGKB: 1 entry (VIP=true, CPIC=false)

CTD chemical–gene interactions

7 total (human), top 7 by PubMed support.

ChemicalActions (top 5)PubMed papers
butyraldehydeincreases expression1
Decitabineincreases expression1
Valproic Acidincreases methylation1
Aflatoxin B1increases methylation1
Cadmium Chloridedecreases expression1
Okadaic Acidincreases expression1
S-Nitrosoglutathioneincreases expression1

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

0 trials via MONDO — disease-level, not drug-specific.

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