This gene encodes a nuclear protein expressed in a variety of tissues. The rat homolog, Rp8, is transiently expressed in immature thymocytes and is thought to be involved in programmed cell death. Expression of the human gene has been shown to be repressed by BCL6, a transcriptional repressor required for lymph node germinal center development, suggesting that BCL6 regulates apoptosis by its effects on PDCD2. This gene is closely linked on chromosome 6 to the gene for TBP, the TATA binding protein. Six transcripts encoding different proteins have been identified.[6]
^"Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^"Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^Kawakami T, Furukawa Y, Sudo K, Saito H, Takami S, Takahashi E, Nakamura Y (Aug 1995). "Isolation and mapping of a human gene (PDCD2) that is highly homologous to Rp8, a rat gene associated with programmed cell death". Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics. 71 (1): 41–3. doi:10.1159/000134058. PMID7606924.
^Fukae J, Sato S, Shiba K, Sato K, Mori H, Sharp PA, Mizuno Y, Hattori N (Feb 2009). "Programmed cell death-2 isoform1 is ubiquitinated by parkin and increased in the substantia nigra of patients with autosomal recessive Parkinson's disease". FEBS Letters. 583 (3): 521–5. doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2008.12.055. hdl:1721.1/96274. PMID19146857. S2CID7121769.
Chen Q, Qian K, Yan C (Dec 2005). "Cloning of cDNAs with PDCD2(C) domain and their expressions during apoptosis of HEK293T cells". Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 280 (1–2): 185–91. doi:10.1007/s11010-005-8910-z. PMID16311922. S2CID6208880.
