Basic Information

Symbol
UBE2O
RNA class
mRNA
Alias
Ubiquitin Conjugating Enzyme E2 O E2-230K (E3-Independent) E2 Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzyme E2/E3 Hybrid Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase UBE2O Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzyme E2 Of 230 KDa Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzyme E2-230K Ubiquitin Carrier Protein O Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase O Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzyme E2 O Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzyme E2O Ubiquitin Conjugating Enzyme E2O EC 2.3.2.24 KIAA1734
Location (GRCh38)
Forensic tag(s)
Sudden cardiac death diagnosis

MANE select

Transcript ID
NM_022066.4
Sequence length
5377.0 nt
GC content
0.5832

Transcripts

ID Sequence Length GC content
GCAGAGCAGUUAUGGCGGAUCCCGCAGCCCCCACGCCCGCAGCUCCCGC… 5377 nt 0.5832
Summary

Enables ubiquitin conjugating enzyme activity and ubiquitin protein ligase activity. Involved in positive regulation of BMP signaling pathway; protein ubiquitination; and retrograde transport, endosome to Golgi. Located in cytoplasm and nuclear body. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

Forensic Context

A study in rhesus macaques identified the UBE2O as a differentially expressed gene downregulated in left ventricular tissue from animals with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy compared to healthy controls [Rivas et al. DOI:10.1038/s41598-024-82770-4].