Homer Scaffold Protein 2
Cupidin
HOMER-2
Vesl-2
DFNA68
CPD
Homer Scaffolding Protein 2
Homer Protein Homolog 2
HOMER-2B
HOMER-2A
Homer, Neuronal Immediate Early Gene, 2
Homer Homolog 2 (Drosophila)
Homer Homolog 2
Homer Homolog 3
Homer-2
ACPD
This gene encodes a member of the homer family of dendritic proteins. Members of this family regulate group 1 metabotrophic glutamate receptor function. The encoded protein is a postsynaptic density scaffolding protein. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. Two related pseudogenes have been identified on chromosome 14. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2011]
Forensic Context
A study in mice demonstrated that the HOMER2 is a prefrontal cortex differential wiring gene enriched in synapse part annotation [Hitzemann et al. DOI:10.3390/brainsci9070155].