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| Gene Symbol | ARHGEF2 |
| Full Name | Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor 2 |
| Chromosome | 1q22 |
| Function | ARHGEF2 encodes a Rho GEF that activates Rho GTPases, primarily RhoA, but also Rac1 and Cdc42. |
| Molecular Weight | 220 kDa |
| Amino Acids | 736 aa |
| Exons | 33 |
| UniProt ID | Q9Y5S5 |
| NCBI Gene ID | 9199 |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000116584 |
| OMIM | 607560 |
| GeneCards | ARHGEF2 |
| Human Protein Atlas | ARHGEF2 |
| ROCK (Rho-associated kinase) | Phosphorylates myosin light chain (MLC), enhancing contractility |
| Dendritic spine morphology | High ROCK activity promotes spine shrinkage/retraction |
| Associated Diseases | Intellectual disability, Midbrain-hindbrain malformation |
| Interactions | AMPK, CaMKK2, Fus, IRF2BP2, LMNA, NPM1 |
| KG Connections | 37 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsHPASTRING |
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ARHGEF2["ARHGEF2"]
ARHGEF2 -->|"activates"| RhoA["RhoA"]
ARHGEF2 -->|"causes"| Intellectual_disability["Intellectual disability"]
ARHGEF2 -->|"causes"| Midbrain_hindbrain_malformatio["Midbrain-hindbrain malformation"]
ARHGEF2 -->|"activates"| Rac1["Rac1"]
ARHGEF2 -->|"regulates"| Macropinocytosis["Macropinocytosis"]
ARHGEF2 -->|"interacts"| CaMKK2["CaMKK2"]
ARHGEF2 -->|"activates"| AMPK["AMPK"]
ARHGEF2 -->|"activates"| MAPK_signaling["MAPK signaling"]
PRDX1["PRDX1"] -->|"interacts"| ARHGEF2
LMNA["LMNA"] -->|"interacts"| ARHGEF2
IRF2BP2["IRF2BP2"] -->|"interacts"| ARHGEF2
SQSTM1["SQSTM1"] -->|"interacts"| ARHGEF2
NPM1["NPM1"] -->|"interacts"| ARHGEF2
TPM3["TPM3"] -->|"interacts"| ARHGEF2
RNA["RNA"] -->|"regulates"| ARHGEF2| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| benchmark_ot_ad_answer_key:ARHGEF2 | data_in | dataset_row | 0.00 |
| RhoA | activates | protein | 0.90 |
| Midbrain-hindbrain malformation | causes | phenotype | 0.90 |
| Intellectual disability | causes | disease | 0.90 |
| CaMKK2 | interacts_with | protein | 0.80 |
| Rac1 | activates | protein | 0.80 |
| Macropinocytosis | regulates | process | 0.80 |
| MAPK signaling | activates | pathway | 0.80 |
| AMPK | activates | protein | 0.80 |
| Tau | interacts_with | protein | 0.70 |
| Tumor | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| ALS | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| RNA | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| IRF2BP2 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| T Cell | regulates | cell_type | 0.60 |
| LMNA | associated_with | entity | 0.60 |
| NPM1 | associated_with | entity | 0.60 |
| PRDX1 | associated_with | entity | 0.60 |
| SQSTM1 | associated_with | entity | 0.60 |
| TPM3 | associated_with | entity | 0.60 |
| SQSTM1 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| TPM3 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| NPM1 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| LMNA | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| Fus | interacts_with | protein | 0.60 |
| IRF2BP2 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| Myosin | regulates | protein | 0.60 |
| T Cell | expressed_in | cell_type | 0.55 |
| NTRK1 | associated_with | protein | 0.50 |
| TPM3 | associated_with | gene | 0.50 |
| PRDX1 | associated_with | protein | 0.50 |
| NPM1 | associated_with | gene | 0.50 |
| LMNA | associated_with | gene | 0.50 |
| SQSTM1 | associated_with | gene | 0.50 |
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