Basic Information

Symbol
TRA2A
RNA class
mRNA
Alias
Transformer 2 Alpha Homolog AWMS1 Transformer-2 Protein Homolog Alpha Transformer-2 Protein Homolog A Htra-2-Alpha TRA-2 Alpha TRA2-Alpha Transformer 2 Alpha Homolog (Drosophila) Putative MAPK Activating Protein PM24 Transformer-2 Alpha Htra-2 Alpha Tra2alpha HSU53209
Location (GRCh38)
Forensic tag(s)
Drug abuse diagnoses

MANE select

Transcript ID
NM_013293.5
Sequence length
1785.0 nt
GC content
0.4101

Transcripts

ID Sequence Length GC content
AUUUUGCUGGAGCCUGCGACCGAGUGGGAGUGGAGUGGAGCGGCUGUGG… 2086 nt 0.3945
AUUUUGCUGGAGCCUGCGACCGAGUGGGAGUGGAGUGGAGCGGCUGUGG… 1875 nt 0.4181
AUUUUGCUGGAGCCUGCGACCGAGUGGGAGUGGAGUGGAGCGGCUGUGG… 2173 nt 0.4022
AUUUUGCUGGAGCCUGCGACCGAGUGGGAGUGGAGUGGAGCGGCUGUGG… 1596 nt 0.4066
AUUUUGCUGGAGCCUGCGACCGAGUGGGAGUGGAGUGGAGCGGCUGUGG… 2097 nt 0.3934
AUUUUGCUGGAGCCUGCGACCGAGUGGGAGUGGAGUGGAGCGGCUGUGG… 2377 nt 0.3875
AUUUUGCUGGAGCCUGCGACCGAGUGGGAGUGGAGUGGAGCGGCUGUGG… 1785 nt 0.4101
Summary

This gene is a member of the transformer 2 homolog family and encodes a protein with several RRM (RNA recognition motif) domains. This phosphorylated nuclear protein binds to specific RNA sequences and plays a role in the regulation of pre-mRNA splicing. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2013]

Forensic Context

A study in humans demonstrated that transcriptome organization in postmortem prefrontal cortex is associated with lifetime alcohol consumption, with coexpression networks enriched for neurophysiological targets and genome-wide association signals for alcohol dependence [Farris et al. DOI:10.1038/Mp.2014.159].