External Ids for HORMAD2 Gene
Previous GeneCards Identifiers for HORMAD2 Gene
GeneCards Summary for HORMAD2 Gene
HORMAD2 (HORMA Domain Containing 2) is a Protein Coding gene. An important paralog of this gene is HORMAD1.
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot for HORMAD2 Gene
Essential for synapsis surveillance during meiotic prophase via the recruitment of ATR activity. Plays a key role in the male mid-pachytene checkpoint and the female meiotic prophase checkpoint: required for efficient build-up of ATR activity on unsynapsed chromosome regions, a process believed to form the basis of meiotic silencing of unsynapsed chromatin (MSUC) and meiotic prophase quality control in both sexes. Required for the DNA double-strand break-independent, BRCA1-dependent activation of ATR on the sex chromosomes that is essential for normal sex body formation (By similarity).