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NRBP2
nuclear receptor binding protein 2
Chromosome 8 · 8q24.3
NCBI Gene: 340371Ensembl: ENSG00000185189.19HGNC: HGNC:19339UniProt: Q9NSY0
21PubMed Papers
20Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
DATA QUALITY
✓ Experimental GO Evidence✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
negative regulation of macroautophagyprotein bindingprotein serine/threonine kinase activityDNA damage responsebreast cancerneoplasmMobius syndromeschizophrenia
✦AI Summary

NRBP2 (Nuclear Receptor Binding Protein 2) is a pseudokinase that functions as a tumor suppressor and regulator of cellular stress responses. The protein is primarily expressed in neural tissues, particularly in cerebellar Purkinje cells and hippocampal neurons, where it promotes neural progenitor cell survival and differentiation 1. NRBP2 mechanistically regulates the AMPK/mTOR signaling pathway, inhibiting cell proliferation, invasion, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in breast cancer cells 2. The protein also modulates the WNK pathway in response to osmotic stress, functioning as an upstream activator alongside its paralog NRBP1 3. Clinically, NRBP2 expression is frequently downregulated in various cancers including medulloblastoma and breast cancer through epigenetic mechanisms, and its reduced expression correlates with poor patient prognosis 4 2. In cardiac disease, NRBP2 expression changes are associated with left ventricular dysfunction in dilated cardiomyopathy 5. Additionally, NRBP2 can be targeted by miR-25-5p in the PI3K/AKT pathway, affecting cell pyroptosis in bronchopulmonary dysplasia 6. The protein exhibits opposing regulatory functions with NRBP1 in controlling L1 retrotransposition through protein degradation mechanisms 7.

Sources cited
1
NRBP2 is expressed in neural tissues and promotes neural progenitor cell survival
PMID: 18619852
2
NRBP2 functions as tumor suppressor regulating AMPK/mTOR pathway in breast cancer
PMID: 33816275
3
NRBP2 functions as upstream activator of WNK pathway in osmotic stress response
PMID: 40668933
4
NRBP2 is downregulated in medulloblastoma through epigenetic mechanisms
PMID: 32517178
5
NRBP2 expression changes associated with left ventricular dysfunction in cardiomyopathy
PMID: 31009519
6
NRBP2 targeted by miR-25-5p in PI3K/AKT pathway affecting cell pyroptosis
PMID: 41223004
7
NRBP2 exhibits opposing regulatory functions with NRBP1 in L1 retrotransposition control
PMID: 40645931
Disease Associationsⓘ20
breast cancerOpen Targets
0.08Suggestive
neoplasmOpen Targets
0.08Suggestive
Mobius syndromeOpen Targets
0.08Suggestive
schizophreniaOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
Treacher-Collins syndromeOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
medulloblastomaOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
hepatocellular carcinomaOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
HypercholesterolemiaOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
brain neoplasmOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
cancerOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
bipolar disorderOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
ulcerative colitisOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
rheumatoid arthritisOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
dilated cardiomyopathyOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
thyroid carcinomaOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomaOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
heart failureOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
autoimmune diseaseOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
cholangiocarcinomaOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
breast neoplasmOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
TSC22D3Protein interaction83%TSC22D4Protein interaction83%NRBP1Protein interaction56%NEK4Shared pathway40%WNK2Shared pathway29%EN2Shared pathway25%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Liver
100%
Ovary
38%
Lung
28%
Heart
21%
Brain
16%
Bone Marrow
6%
Gene Interaction Network
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NRBP2TSC22D3TSC22D4NRBP1NEK4WNK2EN2
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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AlphaFoldAI-predicted · UniProt Q9NSY0
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
0.91LoF Tolerant
pLIⓘ
0.00Tolerant
Observed/Expected LoF0.72 [0.57–0.91]
RankingsWhere NRBP2 stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #13,968of 20,598
    Most Researched21
  • #8,356of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)0.91
Genes detectedNRBP2
Sources retrieved10 papers
Response time—
📄 Sources
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1
DNA-dependent protein kinase regulates lysosomal AMP-dependent protein kinase activation and autophagy.
PMID: 31983282
Autophagy · 2020
1.00
2
Opposing roles of pseudokinases NRBP1 and NRBP2 in regulating L1 retrotransposition.
PMID: 40645931
Nat Commun · 2025
0.90
3
NRBP1 pseudokinase binds to and activates the WNK pathway in response to osmotic stress.
PMID: 40668933
Sci Adv · 2025
0.80
4
The altered expression of autophagy-related genes participates in heart failure: NRBP2 and CALCOCO2 are associated with left ventricular dysfunction parameters in human dilated cardiomyopathy.
PMID: 31009519
PLoS One · 2019
0.70
5
Nuclear Receptor Binding Protein 2 Is Downregulated in Medulloblastoma, and Reduces Tumor Cell Survival upon Overexpression.
PMID: 32517178
Cancers (Basel) · 2020
0.60