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Gene Information
Gene ID:4144
Symbol:MAT2A
Full Name:methionine adenosyltransferase II, alpha
Alias:MATA2|MATII|SAMS2
Organism:Homo sapiens (Human)
Chromosome:2
Genetic Location:2p11.2
Physical Location:85619798-85625913 on NC_000002.10
Gene Type:protein-coding
Orthologs:This gene has no orthologs in other dataset(s).
Gene in Ethanol Study Datasets
Gene Information
Original ID1:MAT2A
Dataset Information
Name:Literature Search
Method:Literature search
Summary:We search all human protein coding gene names and the keywords Alcohol or Ethanol or Alcoholism in the title or abstract of all PUBMED publications. For those gene name less than 3 characters or search result hits more than 100, we use the full name to search again and manually check the results to reduce false positive.
Gene SNP Information
SNPAbuser/Control RatioCluster
rs10496316      dbSNP0.8410
Association Dataset
Name:16894614
Method:Association
Publication:Johnson et al. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. (2006) Pooled association genome scanning for alcohol dependence using 104,268 SNPs: validation and use to identify alcoholism vulnerability loci in unrelated individuals from the collaborative study on the genetics of alcoholism. PubMed
Summary:Association genome scanning can identify markers for the allelic variants that contribute to vulnerability to complex disorders, including alcohol dependence. To improve the power and feasibility of this approach, we report validation of 100k microarray-based allelic frequency assessments in pooled DNA samples. We then use this approach with unrelated alcohol-dependent versus control individuals sampled from pedigrees collected by the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA). Allele frequency differences between alcohol-dependent and control individuals are assessed in quadruplicate at 104,268 autosomal SNPs in pooled samples. One hundred eighty-eight SNPs provide (1) the largest allele frequency differences between dependent versus control individuals; (2) t values 3 for these differences; and (3) clustering, so that 51 relatively small chromosomal regions contain at least three SNPs that satisfy criteria 1 and 2 above (Monte Carlo P = 0.00034).
Gene Refseq Sequence Annotation
mRNAProteinReference assembly Genomic
NM_005911.4NP_005902.1NC_000002.10 range: 85619798..85625913
Gene Ontology (GO) Annotation
GO IDGO TermCategoryEvidence (PubMed)
GO:0000166nucleotide bindingMolecular FunctionIEA
GO:0000287magnesium ion bindingMolecular FunctionIEA
GO:0004478methionine adenosyltransferase activityMolecular FunctionTAS (7665609)
GO:0005524ATP bindingMolecular FunctionIEA
GO:0016740transferase activityMolecular FunctionIEA
GO:0030955potassium ion bindingMolecular FunctionIEA
GO:0050897cobalt ion bindingMolecular FunctionIEA
GO:0006730one-carbon compound metabolic processBiological ProcessIEA
Other Database Cross Links
NCBI Entrez Gene:4144
HGNC:6904
Ensembl:ENSG00000168906
MIM:601468
HPRD:03275
HuGE Navigator:4144
dbSNP:MAT2A
GeneCard:MAT2A
AceView:MAT2A