# ELAC2

Source: https://onco.cc/targets/elac2/  
OnCo record `elac2` (Target). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)"; commercial use needs a licence.

## TL;DR

ELAC2 (Zinc phosphodiesterase ELAC protein 2) is an enzyme. In the public catalogues the evidence so far is association rather than a proven role. Tied to Prostate cancer.

## Summary

Zinc phosphodiesterase, which displays mitochondrial tRNA 3'-processing endonuclease activity. Involved in tRNA maturation, by removing a 3'-trailer from precursor tRNA. Associates with mitochondrial DNA complexes at the nucleoids to initiate RNA processing and ribosome assembly.

Open Targets scores its association with cancer at 0.74 (direct and indirect evidence; datatypes literature 0.74, animal model 0.70, genetic association 0.84, genetic literature 0.61).

## Fields

- Kind: Target
- Last checked: 2026-09-23
- Also known as: elaC ribonuclease Z 2; Zinc phosphodiesterase ELAC protein 2; FLJ10530; HPC2
- Tags: cancer-genes-wave
- Symbol: ELAC2
- Class: enzyme
- Biology: Zinc phosphodiesterase, which displays mitochondrial tRNA 3'-processing endonuclease activity. Involved in tRNA maturation, by removing a 3'-trailer from precursor tRNA. Associates with mitochondrial DNA complexes at the nucleoids to initiate RNA processing and ribosome assembly. Location: Mitochondrion; Mitochondrion matrix, mitochondrion nucleoid; Nucleus (UniProt). Locus 17p12 (HGNC).
- Where found: Prostate cancer: Open Targets association 0.74 with prostate cancer (MONDO_0008315)

## Notes

- Written by scripts/fetch-cancer-genes.ts from CIViC, Open Targets, IntOGen, HGNC and UniProt; the function text is UniProt's, condensed and in UK spelling. Roles: none stated by the sources. Evidence tier "association-only" is the strongest of those signals.
- Prevalence not recorded: none of the sources gives a positivity rate.

## Sources

- HGNC HGNC:14198: https://www.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/hgnc_id/HGNC:14198
- UniProt Q9BQ52: https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/Q9BQ52/entry
- NCBI Gene 60528: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/60528
- Ensembl ENSG00000006744: https://www.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/Gene/Summary?g=ENSG00000006744

## Connected records

- collections: [Open Targets Platform](https://onco.cc/collections/open-targets/)
- cancers: [Prostate cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/prostate/)

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