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UBE2A (Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 A) is a gene whose normal job is to hold cell growth in check. The public catalogues list it as a tumour suppressor, a biomarker and a DNA repair gene, and clinical evidence ties its variants to diagnosis, prognosis or drug response. Tied to Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. 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

E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme that accepts ubiquitin from the ubiquitin-activating enzyme E1 and transfers it to a E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase. In vitro catalyses 'Lys-11', as well as 'Lys-48'-linked polyubiquitination. Together with the E3 enzyme BRE1 (RNF20 and/or RNF40), plays a role in transcription regulation by catalysing the monoubiquitination of histone H2B at 'Lys-120' to form H2BK120ub1. H2BK120ub1 gives a specific tag for epigenetic transcriptional activation, elongation by RNA polymerase II, telomeric silencing, and is also a prerequisite for H3K4me and H3K79me formation. Involved in mitophagy by acting as a E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme for PRKN. In association with the E3 enzyme UBR4, is involved in N-end rule-dependent protein degradation. Location: Late endosome; Lysosome (UniProt). Locus Xq24 (HGNC).

Where it is found
  • Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: CIViC evidence names this disease; IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (DLBCLNOS)
Class: tumor suppressor · Gene: UBE2A · Facts checked 2026-09-23 · Target page

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Query for this target: (TITLE:"UBE2A" OR ABSTRACT:"UBE2A" OR TITLE:"ubiquitin conjugating enzyme E2 A" OR ABSTRACT:"ubiquitin conjugating enzyme E2 A" OR TITLE:"Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 A" OR ABSTRACT:"Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 A" OR TITLE:"UBC2" OR ABSTRACT:"UBC2" OR TITLE:"HHR6A" OR ABSTRACT:"HHR6A" OR TITLE:"RAD6A" OR ABSTRACT:"RAD6A") 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 UBE2A, not a curated reading list.

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