Description
Product Characteristics:
Hydrolyzes DNA under acidic conditions with a preference for double-stranded DNA. Plays a major role in the degradation of nuclear DNA in cellular apoptosis during development. Necessary for proper fetal development and for definitive erythropoiesis in fetal liver, where it degrades nuclear DNA expelled from erythroid precursor cells.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm
Synonyms: DNL, DNL2, DNASE2A, Deoxyribonuclease-2-alpha, Acid DNase, Deoxyribonuclease II alpha, DNase II alpha, Lysosomal DNase II, R31240_2, DNASE2
Target Information: This gene encodes a member of the DNase family. The protein, located in the lysosome, hydrolyzes DNA under acidic conditions and mediates the breakdown of DNA during erythropoiesis and apoptosis. Two codominant alleles have been characterized, DNASE2*L (low activity) and DNASE2*H (high activity), that differ at one nucleotide in the promoter region. The DNASE2*H allele is represented in this record. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]