Gene

kiss2

ID

ZDB-GENE-090526-1

Name

kisspeptin 2

Symbol

kiss2 Nomenclature History

Previous Names

kiss-2 (1)

Type

protein_coding_gene

Location

Chr: 4 Mapping Details/Browsers

Description

Enables kisspeptin receptor binding activity. Is expressed in central nervous system; female organism; male organism; and pleuroperitoneal region.

Genome Resources

Note

None

Comparative Information

Expression

All Expression Data

36 figures from 22 publications

Cross-Species Comparison

High Throughput Data

Expression Atlas

UO scRNA-seq (UCSC browser)

Single Cell Expression Atlas

Daniocell

Thisse Expression Data

No data available

Wild Type Expression Summary

Phenotype

All Phenotype Data: 3 figures from Talya et al., 2020
Cross-Species Comparison: Alliance

Phenotype Summary

Mutations

Mutants

Sequence Targeting Reagents

Human Disease

Associated With kiss2 Human Ortholog

No data available

Associated With kiss2 Via Experimental Models

No data available

Gene Ontology

Protein Domains

Domain, Family, and Site Summary

No data available

Domain Details Per Protein

Protein	Additional Resources	Length
UniProtKB:B6ZIV2	InterPro	125

Transcripts

Genome Browsers

NCBI

Type	Name	Annotation Method	Has Havana Data	Length (nt)	Analysis
mRNA	kiss2-201 (1) Ensembl	Ensembl		1,036 nt	Select Tool ZFIN BLAST

Interactions and Pathways

No data available

Antibodies

Name	Type	Antigen Genes	Isotype	Host Organism	Assay	Source	Citations
Ab1-kiss2	polyclonal	kiss2		Rabbit	IHC		1

Plasmids

Constructs

Marker Relationships

Sequences

Orthology

Comparative Orthology: Alliance
Gene Tree: Ensembl
Note: Analysis in ZDB-PUB-081218-32 suggests that kiss1 and kiss2 are paralogous genes that arose by duplication of an ancestral gene. KISS2 was lost in placental mammals.

Citations