INSYN2A Gene

Name inhibitory synaptic factor 2A
Description Predicted to be involved in inhibitory postsynaptic potential. Predicted to be located in synapse. Predicted to be active in GABA-ergic synapse and postsynaptic density. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Mar 2025]
Summary
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NCBI Gene ID 642938
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Predicted Functions View INSYN2A's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
Co-expressed Genes View INSYN2A's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
Expression in Tissues and Cell Lines View INSYN2A's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.

Functional Associations

INSYN2A has 631 functional associations with biological entities spanning 6 categories (functional term, phrase or reference, disease, phenotype or trait, chemical, cell line, cell type or tissue, gene, protein or microRNA, sequence feature) extracted from 19 datasets.

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Dataset Summary
Allen Brain Atlas Aging Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles tissue samples with high or low expression of INSYN2A gene relative to other tissue samples from the Allen Brain Atlas Aging Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles dataset.
CM4AI KOLF21J CRISPRi Gene Perturbation Atlas gene perturbations changing expression of INSYN2A gene from the CM4AI KOLF21J CRISPRi Gene Perturbation Atlas dataset.
COMPARTMENTS Curated Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 cellular components containing INSYN2A protein from the COMPARTMENTS Curated Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 cellular components co-occuring with INSYN2A protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
DISEASES Text-mining Gene-Disease Association Evidence Scores 2025 diseases co-occuring with INSYN2A gene in abstracts of biomedical publications from the DISEASES Text-mining Gene-Disease Assocation Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
GO Biological Process Annotations 2025 biological processes involving INSYN2A gene from the curated GO Biological Process Annotations2025 dataset.
GO Cellular Component Annotations 2025 cellular components containing INSYN2A protein from the curated GO Cellular Component Annotations 2025 dataset.
GTEx eQTL 2025 SNPs regulating expression of INSYN2A gene from the GTEx eQTL 2025 dataset.
GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles 2023 tissues with high or low expression of INSYN2A gene relative to other tissues from the GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles 2023 dataset.
GTEx Tissue-Specific Aging Signatures tissue samples with high or low expression of INSYN2A gene relative to other tissue samples from the GTEx Tissue-Specific Aging Signatures dataset.
GWAS Catalog SNP-Phenotype Associations 2025 phenotypes associated with INSYN2A gene in GWAS datasets from the GWAS Catalog SNP-Phenotype Associations 2025 dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets 2025 transcription factors regulating expression of INSYN2A gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Mouse Transcription Factor Targets 2025 transcription factors regulating expression of INSYN2A gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Mouse Transcription Factor Targets 2025 dataset.
Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 transcription factors regulating expression of INSYN2A gene from the Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 dataset.
RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures drug perturbations changing expression of INSYN2A gene from the RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures dataset.
RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures gene perturbations changing expression of INSYN2A gene from the RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures dataset.
SynGO Synaptic Gene Annotations synaptic terms associated with INSYN2A gene from the SynGO Synaptic Gene Annotations dataset.
TISSUES Curated Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 tissues with high expression of INSYN2A protein from the TISSUES Curated Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 tissues co-occuring with INSYN2A protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.