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PLPPR2
phospholipid phosphatase related 2
Chromosome 19 · 19p13.2
NCBI Gene: 64748Ensembl: ENSG00000105520.11HGNC: HGNC:29566UniProt: A0A8I5KWF3
10PubMed Papers
15Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
DATA QUALITY
✓ Experimental GO Evidence✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
protein bindingphosphatidate phosphatase activityphospholipid metabolic processsignal transductioncardiovascular diseasehypertensionbreast cancermyocardial infarction
✦AI Summary

PLPPR2 (phospholipid phosphatase related 2) is a lipid phosphate phosphatase that catalyzes phospholipid dephosphorylation and participates in phospholipid metabolic processes 1. The protein functions primarily in lipid raft formation and signaling, where it alters lipid raft composition by modulating levels of esters, sphingomyelin, and sphingosine 2. PLPPR2 localizes to the plasma membrane and endoplasmic reticulum, positioning it to regulate both extracellular and intracellular bioactive lipid phosphates 3. In disease contexts, PLPPR2 has emerged as a significant biomarker in cardiovascular and malignant pathologies. It was identified as one of five key lipid metabolism-related biomarkers in myocardial infarction, with altered expression distinguishing MI patients from controls (AUC >0.7) 1. In early-stage lung adenocarcinoma, elevated PLPPR2 levels function as an independent prognostic risk factor, driving excessive cell proliferation through enhanced lipid raft-mediated proliferation 2. Additionally, PLPPR2 knockout mice exhibited previously undetected myopathic lesions on histopathology 4, suggesting roles in skeletal muscle homeostasis. PLPPR2 expression is also dysregulated in neuroinflammatory conditions, where it represents a biomarker of LPS-induced brain inflammation reversible by therapeutic intervention 5. These findings collectively position PLPPR2 as a multifunctional regulator with diagnostic and therapeutic potential across cardiovascular, oncologic, and neurological diseases.

Sources cited
1
PLPPR2 identified as lipid metabolism-related biomarker in myocardial infarction with AUC >0.7
PMID: 40635026
2
PLPPR2 participates in lipid raft formation and drives cell proliferation in early-stage lung adenocarcinoma; elevated PLPPR2 is independent prognostic risk factor
PMID: 37996944
3
Phosphatidate phosphatases including related enzymes localize to nuclear envelope and endoplasmic reticulum and regulate phospholipid biosynthesis
PMID: 18930839
4
PLPPR2 knockout mice revealed myopathic lesions on histopathology not detected by inverted screen test
PMID: 34269122
5
PLPPR2 expression altered in LPS-stimulated mouse brain neuroinflammation model as part of inflammatory biomarker panel
PMID: 39986592
Disease Associationsⓘ15
cardiovascular diseaseOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
hypertensionOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
breast cancerOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
myocardial infarctionOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
myopathyOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
melanomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
cervical cancerOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
clear cell renal carcinomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
esophageal cancerOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
Hereditary breast cancerOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
hereditary breast carcinomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
lung cancerOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
ovarian serous cystadenocarcinomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
sarcomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
thyroid cancer, nonmedullary, 1Open Targets
0.00Suggestive
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
PLPP5Shared pathway100%PLPPR3Shared pathway100%PLPPR1Shared pathway67%PLPP4Shared pathway50%PLPPR5Shared pathway50%PLPP2Shared pathway40%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Ovary
100%
Lung
78%
Liver
62%
Brain
62%
Bone Marrow
35%
Heart
33%
Gene Interaction Network
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PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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AlphaFoldAI-predicted · UniProt Q96GM1
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
0.47Moderately Constrained
pLIⓘ
0.99Intolerant
Observed/Expected LoF0.29 [0.18–0.47]
RankingsWhere PLPPR2 stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #17,148of 20,598
    Most Researched10
  • #2,732of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)0.47 · top quartile
Genes detectedPLPPR2
Sources retrieved8 papers
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📄 Sources
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1
A novel paracetamol derivative alleviates lipopolysaccharide-induced neuroinflammation.
PMID: 39986592
Eur J Pharmacol · 2025
1.00
2
Screening the hub genes and analyzing the mechanisms in discharged COVID-19 patients retesting positive through bioinformatics analysis.
PMID: 35657140
J Clin Lab Anal · 2022
0.88
3
Histopathology is required to identify and characterize myopathies in high-throughput phenotype screening of genetically engineered mice.
PMID: 34269122
Vet Pathol · 2021
0.75
4
Identification of lipid metabolism-related genes in myocardial infarction: implications for diagnosis and therapy.
PMID: 40635026
J Cardiothorac Surg · 2025
0.63
5
Lipid phosphate phosphatase-2 promotes tumor growth through increased c-Myc expression.
PMID: 35966578
Theranostics · 2022
0.50