Cyclooxygenase-2

Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), also known as Prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 (HUGO PTGS2), is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PTGS2 gene. In humans it is one of two cyclooxygenases. It is involved in the conversion of arachidonic acid to prostaglandin H2, an important precursor of prostacyclin, which is expressed in inflammation.

PTGS2
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesPTGS2, COX-2, COX2, GRIPGHS, PGG/HS, PGHS-2, PHS-2, hCox-2, prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2
External IDsOMIM: 600262 MGI: 97798 HomoloGene: 31000 GeneCards: PTGS2
EC number1.14.99.1
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

5743

19225

Ensembl

ENSG00000073756

ENSMUSG00000032487

UniProt

P35354

Q05769

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000963

NM_011198

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000954

NP_035328

Location (UCSC)Chr 1: 186.67 – 186.68 MbChr 1: 149.98 – 149.98 Mb
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