PWWP2A
PWWP2A (PWWP domain-containing protein 2A) is a gene whose normal job is to hold cell growth in check. The public catalogues list it as a tumour suppressor, and it is called a cancer driver by mutation analysis of patient cohorts. Tied to Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer.
Overview
Chromatin-binding protein that acts as an adapter between distinct nucleosome components (H3K36me3 or H2A.Z) and chromatin-modifying complexes, contributing to the regulation of the levels of histone acetylation at actively transcribed genes. Competes with CHD4 and MBD3 for interaction with MTA1 to form a NuRD subcomplex, preventing the formation of full NuRD complex (containing CHD4 and MBD3), leading to recruitment of HDACs to gene promoters resulting in turn in the deacetylation of nearby H3K27 and H2A.Z. Plays a role in facilitating transcriptional elongation and repression of spurious transcription initiation through regulation of histone acetylation.
IntOGen calls it a driver in 1 cohort (0 activating, 1 loss-of-function), covering Stomach Adenocarcinoma.
- Target · the protein and the cell it sits on
- Drug · antibody, small molecule, cell or radioligand
- Effect · signal, damage or kill
In plain words · PWWP2A (PWWP domain-containing protein 2A) is a gene whose normal job is to hold cell growth in check. The public catalogues list it as a tumour suppressor, and it is called a cancer driver by mutation analysis of patient cohorts. Tied to Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer.
- 1 · What it is
PWWP2A (PWWP domain-containing protein 2A) is a gene whose normal job is to hold cell growth in check. The public catalogues list it as a tumour suppressor, and it is called a cancer driver by mutation analysis of patient cohorts. Tied to Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer.
- 2 · What goes wrong in cancer
Chromatin-binding protein that acts as an adapter between distinct nucleosome components (H3K36me3 or H2A.Z) and chromatin-modifying complexes, contributing to the regulation of the levels of histone acetylation at actively transcribed genes.
- 3 · How drugs use it
No product in this corpus aims at PWWP2A yet. Because the protein is lost rather than overactive, drugs either restore its function or exploit the weakness its loss leaves (synthetic lethality).
External identifiers
Sources: HGNC HGNC:29406 (approved symbol, name, aliases, locus and cross-references (hgnc_complete_set.txt)); UniProt Q96N64 (protein name, function text, keywords and locations (REST API)); IntOGen PWWP2A (driver in 1 cohort (Act 0, LoF 1); Compendium_Cancer_Genes.tsv release 20240920, CC0 1.0)
Biology
Chromatin-binding protein that acts as an adapter between distinct nucleosome components (H3K36me3 or H2A.Z) and chromatin-modifying complexes, contributing to the regulation of the levels of histone acetylation at actively transcribed genes. Competes with CHD4 and MBD3 for interaction with MTA1 to form a NuRD subcomplex, preventing the formation of full NuRD complex (containing CHD4 and MBD3), leading to recruitment of HDACs to gene promoters resulting in turn in the deacetylation of nearby H3K27 and H2A.Z. Plays a role in facilitating transcriptional elongation and repression of spurious transcription initiation through regulation of histone acetylation. Essential for proper mitosis progression. Location: Nucleus (UniProt). Locus 5q33.3 (HGNC).
- Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer: IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (STAD)
Notes
top- 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: IntOGen calls it a loss-of-function (LoF) driver in 1 cohort. Evidence tier "cohort-driver" is the strongest of those signals.
- Prevalence not recorded: none of the sources gives a positivity rate.
Latest papers
topQuery for this target: (TITLE:"PWWP2A" OR ABSTRACT:"PWWP2A" OR TITLE:"PWWP domain containing 2A" OR ABSTRACT:"PWWP domain containing 2A" OR TITLE:"PWWP domain-containing protein 2A" OR ABSTRACT:"PWWP domain-containing protein 2A" OR TITLE:"KIAA1935" OR ABSTRACT:"KIAA1935") 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 PWWP2A, not a curated reading list.