SOX2

SRY-box transcription factor 2

Ensembl:
ENSG00000181449
UniProt:
P48431
OMIM:
184429

Cilia effects upon perturbation of SOX2

Ciliogenesis screen results (5 screens)

  • Kim2016: Not Reported
  • Wheway et al. 2015 (siRNA) [siRNA]: No effect PMID:26167766
  • Breslow et al. 2018 (CRISPR) [CRISPR]: No Significant Effect PMID:29459680
  • Basu et al. 2023 (siRNA) [siRNA]: Left-Right Asymmetry Candidate (Z2MCilia=-1.26) PMID:37771269
  • Roosing et al. 2015 (siRNA) [siRNA]: No effect PMID:26595381

Phenotypes

Mouse phenotype:
embryonic growth retardation, abnormal optic disk morphology, enhanced contextual conditioning behavior, preweaning lethality, complete penetrance, atrophy, developmental dysplasia, irregularly shaped pupil, embryonic lethality prior to organogenesis
Mouse ciliopathy phenotype:
abnormal reti vasculature morphology, abnormal brain morphology, abnormal reti morphology, abnormal reti blood vessel morphology
Human ciliopathy phenotype:
anophthalmia/microphthalmia-esophageal atresia syndrome; Anophthalmia/microphthalmia - esophageal atresia

Subcellular localization

cilia associated gene, cytosol, nucleus

Functional category

  • Ciliary assembly/disassembly
  • Actin & cytoskeleton regulation
  • T cell biology
  • Cell migration & adhesion
  • Transcription regulation

Function

Sox2 activated promoter-luciferase reporter constructs for differentiation markers characteristic of Clara, ciliated, and goblet cells, Scgb1a1, FoxJ1, and Agr2, respectively ( 20011520).