PMCHL2 Gene

Name pro-melanin-concentrating hormone-like 2, pseudogene
Description Predicted to enable type 1 melanin-concentrating hormone receptor binding activity. Predicted to be involved in negative regulation of dopaminergic synaptic transmission. Predicted to be located in synapse. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Mar 2025]
Summary
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Proteins MCHL2_HUMAN
NCBI Gene ID 5370
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Predicted Functions View PMCHL2's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
Co-expressed Genes View PMCHL2's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
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Functional Associations

PMCHL2 has 629 functional associations with biological entities spanning 7 categories (molecular profile, organism, functional term, phrase or reference, disease, phenotype or trait, chemical, cell line, cell type or tissue, gene, protein or microRNA) extracted from 26 datasets.

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Dataset Summary
Allen Brain Atlas Developing Human Brain Tissue Gene Expression Profiles by Microarray tissue samples with high or low expression of PMCHL2 gene relative to other tissue samples from the Allen Brain Atlas Developing Human Brain Tissue Gene Expression Profiles by Microarray dataset.
Allen Brain Atlas Prenatal Human Brain Tissue Gene Expression Profiles tissues with high or low expression of PMCHL2 gene relative to other tissues from the Allen Brain Atlas Prenatal Human Brain Tissue Gene Expression Profiles dataset.
CCLE Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles cell lines with high or low copy number of PMCHL2 gene relative to other cell lines from the CCLE Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles dataset.
CCLE Cell Line Gene Expression Profiles cell lines with high or low expression of PMCHL2 gene relative to other cell lines from the CCLE Cell Line Gene Expression Profiles dataset.
ChEA Transcription Factor Binding Site Profiles transcription factor binding site profiles with transcription factor binding evidence at the promoter of PMCHL2 gene from the CHEA Transcription Factor Binding Site Profiles dataset.
ChEA Transcription Factor Targets transcription factors binding the promoter of PMCHL2 gene in low- or high-throughput transcription factor functional studies from the CHEA Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
COSMIC Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles cell lines with high or low copy number of PMCHL2 gene relative to other cell lines from the COSMIC Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles dataset.
ENCODE Transcription Factor Binding Site Profiles transcription factor binding site profiles with transcription factor binding evidence at the promoter of PMCHL2 gene from the ENCODE Transcription Factor Binding Site Profiles dataset.
ENCODE Transcription Factor Targets transcription factors binding the promoter of PMCHL2 gene in ChIP-seq datasets from the ENCODE Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
GeneSigDB Published Gene Signatures PubMedIDs of publications reporting gene signatures containing PMCHL2 from the GeneSigDB Published Gene Signatures dataset.
GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Diseases disease perturbations changing expression of PMCHL2 gene from the GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Diseases dataset.
GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Gene Perturbations gene perturbations changing expression of PMCHL2 gene from the GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Gene Perturbations dataset.
GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Kinase Perturbations kinase perturbations changing expression of PMCHL2 gene from the GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Kinase Perturbations dataset.
GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Small Molecules small molecule perturbations changing expression of PMCHL2 gene from the GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Small Molecules dataset.
GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Transcription Factor Perturbations transcription factor perturbations changing expression of PMCHL2 gene from the GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Transcription Factor Perturbations dataset.
GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Viral Infections virus perturbations changing expression of PMCHL2 gene from the GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Viral Infections dataset.
GO Molecular Function Annotations 2023 molecular functions performed by PMCHL2 gene from the curated GO Molecular Function Annotations 2023 dataset.
GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles tissues with high or low expression of PMCHL2 gene relative to other tissues from the GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles dataset.
Heiser et al., PNAS, 2011 Cell Line Gene Expression Profiles cell lines with high or low expression of PMCHL2 gene relative to other cell lines from the Heiser et al., PNAS, 2011 Cell Line Gene Expression Profiles dataset.
IMPC Knockout Mouse Phenotypes phenotypes of mice caused by PMCHL2 gene knockout from the IMPC Knockout Mouse Phenotypes dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Transcription Factor Targets transcription factors regulating expression of PMCHL2 gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
Klijn et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2015 Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles cell lines with high or low copy number of PMCHL2 gene relative to other cell lines from the Klijn et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2015 Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles dataset.
KnockTF Gene Expression Profiles with Transcription Factor Perturbations transcription factor perturbations changing expression of PMCHL2 gene from the KnockTF Gene Expression Profiles with Transcription Factor Perturbations dataset.
LOCATE Predicted Protein Localization Annotations cellular components predicted to contain PMCHL2 protein from the LOCATE Predicted Protein Localization Annotations dataset.
MGI Mouse Phenotype Associations 2023 phenotypes of transgenic mice caused by PMCHL2 gene mutations from the MGI Mouse Phenotype Associations 2023 dataset.
TCGA Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Tumors tissue samples with high or low expression of PMCHL2 gene relative to other tissue samples from the TCGA Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Tumors dataset.