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PARP2 (Poly [ADP-ribose] polymerase 2) is an enzyme. The public catalogues list it as a drug target and a DNA repair gene, and an approved or late-stage drug is recorded against it. Tied to Ovarian cancer, Breast cancer and Prostate cancer. This dossier gathers the 0 products (0 approved), 0 trials, 0 pathways and 0 resistance routes in the corpus that involve it, with external identifiers so it can be joined to UniProt, ChEMBL, Open Targets and the rest of biology.

Biology

Poly-ADP-ribosyltransferase that mediates poly-ADP-ribosylation of proteins and plays a key role in DNA repair. Mediates glutamate, aspartate or serine ADP-ribosylation of proteins: the ADP-D-ribosyl group of NAD(+) is transferred to the acceptor carboxyl group of target residues and further ADP-ribosyl groups are transferred to the 2'-position of the terminal adenosine moiety, building up a polymer with an average chain length of 20-30 units. Serine ADP-ribosylation of proteins constitutes the primary form of ADP-ribosylation of proteins in response to DNA damage. Mediates glutamate and aspartate ADP-ribosylation of target proteins in absence of HPF1. Following interaction with HPF1, catalyses serine ADP-ribosylation of target proteins; HPF1 conferring serine specificity by completing the PARP2 active site. PARP2 initiates the repair of double-strand DNA breaks: recognises and binds DNA breaks within chromatin and recruits HPF1, licensing serine ADP-ribosylation of target proteins, such as histones, thereby promoting decompaction of chromatin and the recruitment of repair factors leading to the reparation of DNA strand breaks. Location: Nucleus; Chromosome (UniProt). Locus 14q11.2 (HGNC).

Where it is found
  • Ovarian cancer: Open Targets association 0.60 with ovarian cancer (MONDO_0008170)
  • Breast cancer: Open Targets association 0.57 with breast cancer (MONDO_0007254)
  • Prostate cancer: Open Targets association 0.55 with prostate cancer (MONDO_0008315)
Class: enzyme · Gene: PARP2 · Facts checked 2026-09-23 · Target page

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Query for this target: (TITLE:"PARP2" OR ABSTRACT:"PARP2" OR TITLE:"poly ADP-ribose polymerase 2" OR ABSTRACT:"poly ADP-ribose polymerase 2" OR TITLE:"Poly [ADP-ribose] polymerase 2" OR ABSTRACT:"Poly [ADP-ribose] polymerase 2" OR TITLE:"ARTD2" OR ABSTRACT:"ARTD2" OR TITLE:"ADPRTL2" OR ABSTRACT:"ADPRTL2") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about PARP2, not a curated reading list.

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