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PRRC2A
proline rich coiled-coil 2A
Chromosome 6 · 6p21.33
NCBI Gene: 7916Ensembl: ENSG00000204469.13HGNC: HGNC:13918UniProt: A0A1U9X974
205PubMed Papers
20Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
FUNCTIONAL ROLE
Highly Constrained
RESEARCH IMPACT
Trending
DATA QUALITY
✓ Experimental GO Evidence✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
protein bindingextracellular exosomecytosolmembraneneurodegenerative diseaseneoplasmhepatocellular carcinomacolorectal carcinoma
✦AI Summary

PRRC2A (Proline rich coiled-coil 2A) functions as an m6A reader protein that plays critical roles in RNA metabolism and cellular regulation. The protein recognizes m6A-modified transcripts and regulates their stability and translation efficiency 12. In male reproductive biology, PRRC2A is essential for spermatogenesis, particularly for meiosis I completion, where it maintains proper spermatocyte expression patterns by downregulating spermatogonia-specific transcripts and enhancing translation of meiotic cell division genes 1. PRRC2A interacts with multiple proteins involved in mRNA metabolism including YBX1, YBX2, PABPC1, FXR1, and EIF4G3 1. In cancer biology, PRRC2A promotes colorectal cancer progression by stabilizing CSNK1E mRNA in an m6A-dependent manner, leading to activation of WNT and YAP signaling pathways 2. Genetic variants in PRRC2A have been associated with multiple diseases including B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, where rs3132453 confers reduced risk 3, and type 1 diabetes, where rs2260051 increases disease susceptibility through enhanced PRRC2A expression 4. Additionally, PRRC2A shows sex-specific DNA methylation patterns in Alzheimer's disease 5 and has been identified as a potential biomarker for epilepsy 6.

Sources cited
1
PRRC2A is an m6A reader essential for meiosis I completion, regulates transcript abundance and translation efficiency, and interacts with mRNA metabolism proteins
PMID: 36964127
2
PRRC2A promotes colorectal cancer by stabilizing CSNK1E mRNA in m6A-dependent manner and activating WNT/YAP signaling
PMID: 39582289
3
PRRC2A rs3132453 variant confers reduced risk of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma
PMID: 23047821
4
PRRC2A rs2260051 variant increases type 1 diabetes risk through enhanced PRRC2A expression
PMID: 35784577
5
PRRC2A shows sex-specific DNA methylation differences in Alzheimer's disease
PMID: 36109771
6
PRRC2A identified as potential biomarker for epilepsy diagnosis
PMID: 40390496
Disease Associationsⓘ20
neurodegenerative diseaseOpen Targets
0.48Moderate
neoplasmOpen Targets
0.08Suggestive
hepatocellular carcinomaOpen Targets
0.08Suggestive
colorectal carcinomaOpen Targets
0.07Suggestive
type 1 diabetes mellitusOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
squamous cell carcinomaOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
esophageal squamous cell carcinomaOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
non-small cell lung carcinomaOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
influenzaOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
colorectal cancerOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
cancerOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
infectionOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
prostate adenocarcinomaOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
type 2 diabetes mellitusOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
epilepsyOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
colonic neoplasmOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
focal segmental glomerulosclerosisOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
systemic lupus erythematosusOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
Alzheimer diseaseOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
AnxietyOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
PPDPFLShared pathway100%ETV3LShared pathway100%ERFLShared pathway100%NKX1-2Shared pathway100%NHSL2Shared pathway100%ZNF800Shared pathway100%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Bone Marrow
100%
Brain
82%
Ovary
81%
Lung
57%
Heart
56%
Liver
37%
Gene Interaction Network
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PRRC2APPDPFLETV3LERFLNKX1-2NHSL2ZNF800
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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AlphaFoldAI-predicted · UniProt P48634
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
0.32Highly Constrained
pLIⓘ
1.00Intolerant
Observed/Expected LoF0.26 [0.21–0.32]
RankingsWhere PRRC2A stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #2,048of 20,598
    Most Researched205 · top 10%
  • #1,308of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)0.32 · top 10%
Genes detectedPRRC2A
Sources retrieved25 papers
Response time—
📄 Sources
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1
The m6A reader PRRC2A is essential for meiosis I completion during spermatogenesis.
PMID: 36964127
Nat Commun · 2023
1.00
2
High-Density Proximity Mapping Reveals the Subcellular Organization of mRNA-Associated Granules and Bodies.
PMID: 29395067
Mol Cell · 2018
0.90
3
m
PMID: 39582289
Adv Sci (Weinh) · 2025
0.80
4
PRRC2A and BCL2L11 gene variants influence risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: results from the InterLymph consortium.
PMID: 23047821
Blood · 2012
0.70
5
Genome-Wide Identification of
PMID: 35784577
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) · 2022
0.60