prolyl 4-hydroxylase, alpha polypeptide II

Symbol

P4HA2 (may also be known as: None)

Organism

Human

Description

This gene encodes a component of prolyl 4-hydroxylase, a key enzyme in collagen synthesis composed of two identical alpha subunits and two beta subunits. The encoded protein is one of several different types of alpha subunits and provides the major part of the catalytic site of the active enzyme. In collagen and related proteins, prolyl 4-hydroxylase catalyzes the formation of 4-hydroxyproline that is essential to the proper three-dimensional folding of newly synthesized procollagen chains. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Orthologs

SymbolSpecies
dpy-18 Caenorhabditis elegans
PH4alphaEFB Drosophila melanogaster
p4ha2 Danio rerio
P4ha2 Mus musculus
P4ha2 Rattus norvegicus

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Changes associated with this gene

GO Terms

GO IDGO TermGO Category
GO:0018401 peptidyl-proline hydroxylation to 4-hydroxy-L-proline biological_process
GO:0055114 oxidation-reduction process biological_process
GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum cellular_component
GO:0005788 endoplasmic reticulum lumen cellular_component
GO:0004656 procollagen-proline 4-dioxygenase activity molecular_function
GO:0005488 binding molecular_function
GO:0005506 iron ion binding molecular_function
GO:0009055 electron carrier activity molecular_function
GO:0016702 oxidoreductase activity, acting on single donors with incorporation of molecular oxygen, incorporation of two atoms of oxygen molecular_function
GO:0016706 oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen, 2-oxoglutarate as one donor, and incorporation of one atom each of oxygen into both donors molecular_function
GO:0031418 L-ascorbic acid binding molecular_function
GO:0046872 metal ion binding molecular_function