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NCOA2
nuclear receptor coactivator 2
Chromosome 8 · 8q13.3
NCBI Gene: 10499Ensembl: ENSG00000140396.14HGNC: HGNC:7669UniProt: B4DPW8
292PubMed Papers
20Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
FUNCTIONAL ROLE
Highly ConstrainedTranscription Factor
RESEARCH IMPACT
Trending
DATA QUALITY
✓ Experimental GO Evidence✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
negative regulation of smoothened signaling pathwaypositive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase IInucleoplasmprotein domain specific bindingatrial fibrillationuterine fibroidmesenchymal chondrosarcomakidney neoplasm
✦AI Summary

NCOA2 is a transcriptional coactivator that regulates steroid and nuclear receptor signaling, functioning primarily through the steroid-binding domain (AF-2) of target receptors 12. It plays critical roles in metabolic homeostasis by controlling energy balance between white and brown adipose tissues and regulating glucose metabolism through modulation of G6PC1 expression via RORA coactivation 3. NCOA2 is clinically significant as an oncogene, identified in approximately 11% of prostate cancers through copy-number amplification 4. Beyond prostate cancer, NCOA2 participates in pathogenic fusion events in pediatric sarcomas: VGLL2-NCOA2 fusions drive infantile rhabdomyosarcoma by reactivating developmental programs including ARF6 expression 5, while HEY1-NCOA2 and NSD3::NCOA2 fusions are associated with mesenchymal chondrosarcoma and head and neck carcinomas respectively 67. Additionally, NCOA2 genetic polymorphisms show associations with obesity susceptibility and dyslipidemia in population studies 8. These findings establish NCOA2 as a dual-function protein: essential for normal metabolic regulation but pathogenic when dysregulated through amplification or fusion in malignancies.

Sources cited
1
NCOA2 functions as a coactivator for steroid receptors through AF-2 domain
PMID: 8670870
2
NCOA2 coactivates steroid-binding domain but not N-terminal domain
PMID: 9430642
3
NCOA2 controls energy balance in adipose tissue and regulates glucose metabolism via RORA/G6PC1
PMID: 23508108
4
NCOA2 is amplified as an oncogene in approximately 11% of prostate cancers
PMID: 20579941
5
VGLL2-NCOA2 fusion drives infantile rhabdomyosarcoma through developmental programs involving ARF6
PMID: 36656711
6
HEY1-NCOA2 fusion is associated with mesenchymal chondrosarcoma with specific pathway activation
PMID: 40301759
7
NSD3::NCOA2 fusion identified in diagnostically challenging head and neck carcinomas
PMID: 39628352
8
NCOA2 polymorphisms associated with obesity and dyslipidemia susceptibility
PMID: 26261634
Disease Associationsⓘ20
atrial fibrillationOpen Targets
0.47Moderate
uterine fibroidOpen Targets
0.45Moderate
mesenchymal chondrosarcomaOpen Targets
0.38Weak
bile duct carcinomaOpen Targets
0.37Weak
breast ductal adenocarcinomaOpen Targets
0.37Weak
carcinoma of liver and intrahepatic biliary tractOpen Targets
0.37Weak
esophageal adenocarcinomaOpen Targets
0.37Weak
gastric carcinomaOpen Targets
0.37Weak
Hepatobiliary NeoplasmOpen Targets
0.37Weak
HER2 Positive Breast CarcinomaOpen Targets
0.37Weak
kidney neoplasmOpen Targets
0.37Weak
lung carcinomaOpen Targets
0.37Weak
lymphoid neoplasmOpen Targets
0.37Weak
Ovarian Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma with Squamous DifferentiationOpen Targets
0.37Weak
pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaOpen Targets
0.37Weak
primary central chondrosarcomaOpen Targets
0.37Weak
prostate adenocarcinomaOpen Targets
0.37Weak
prostate carcinomaOpen Targets
0.36Weak
Peyronie diseaseOpen Targets
0.32Weak
lung adenocarcinomaOpen Targets
0.32Weak
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
IRF3Protein interaction100%ESR2Protein interaction100%NR3C1Protein interaction100%MAGEA11Protein interaction100%MEF2CProtein interaction100%NCOR2Protein interaction100%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Bone Marrow
100%
Heart
72%
Liver
63%
Brain
50%
Ovary
42%
Lung
33%
Gene Interaction Network
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NCOA2IRF3ESR2NR3C1MAGEA11MEF2CNCOR2
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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PDB3UP3 · 1.25 Å · X-ray
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
0.21Highly Constrained
pLIⓘ
1.00Intolerant
Observed/Expected LoF0.15 [0.10–0.21]
RankingsWhere NCOA2 stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #1,223of 20,598
    Most Researched292 · top 10%
  • #508of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)0.21 · top 5%
Genes detectedNCOA2
Sources retrieved25 papers
Response time—
📄 Sources
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1
Integrative genomic profiling of human prostate cancer.
PMID: 20579941
Cancer Cell · 2010
1.00
2
Malignant Cartilage-Forming Tumors.
PMID: 34742483
Surg Pathol Clin · 2021
0.90
3
Association of NCOA2 gene polymorphisms with obesity and dyslipidemia in the Chinese Han population.
PMID: 26261634
Int J Clin Exp Pathol · 2015
0.80
4
The MEF2D::NCOA2 Fusion Defines a Distinct Emerging Vulvovaginal Myxoid Epithelioid Tumor With Smooth Muscle Differentiation.
PMID: 40057039
Mod Pathol · 2025
0.72
5
Orbital mesenchymal chondrosarcoma and its specific fusion gene HEY1-NCOA2.
PMID: 40301759
BMC Ophthalmol · 2025
0.70