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TMOD2
tropomodulin 2
Chromosome 15 · 15q21.2
NCBI Gene: 29767Ensembl: ENSG00000128872.11HGNC: HGNC:11872UniProt: Q9NZR1
50PubMed Papers
20Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
DATA QUALITY
✓ Experimental GO Evidence✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
protein bindingtropomyosin bindingmuscle contractionactin filament organizationintelligencedevelopmental and epileptic encephalopathy, 13genetic developmental and epileptic encephalopathyosteoarthritis, knee
✦AI Summary

TMOD2 (tropomodulin 2) is an actin-binding protein that caps the pointed end of actin filaments, thereby regulating actin filament dynamics and cytoskeletal organization 1. In the nervous system, TMOD2 exhibits neuronal-specific expression and plays critical roles in neurite outgrowth, dendritic spine formation, and synaptic morphology, contributing to structural and functional neural plasticity 1. TMOD2 is a major regulator of plasticity in the mesolimbic system, controlling drug-induced synaptic plasticity and the reinforcing properties of cocaine 2. Dysregulation of TMOD2 is implicated in multiple diseases. In Alzheimer's disease, TMOD2 emerged as part of high-performance biomarker panels (AUC = 0.987) for diagnosis and prediction of cognitive decline in cerebrospinal fluid 3. In colorectal adenomas, TMOD2 serves as a gut microbiota-associated biomarker linked to cell adhesion pathways critical for adenoma progression 4. In colorectal cancer, elevated TMOD2 expression correlates with advanced disease stages and poorer survival, with TMOD2 promoting cancer progression through modulation of cytoskeletal dynamics, cell adhesion, and liver metastasis 5. TMOD2 also functions in centrosome regulation through binding with NPM2, with chr15 exposure disrupting this interaction and inducing centrosome amplification 6. Additionally, miR-191-5p acts as a tumor suppressor in prostate cancer by downregulating TMOD2 expression 7. These findings position TMOD2 as a multifunctional regulator with implications across neurodegenerative, psychiatric, and neoplastic diseases.

Sources cited
1
TMOD2 is a neuronal-specific actin-capping protein involved in neurite outgrowth, dendritic spine formation, and synaptic morphology; dysregulated in Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders
PMID: 40517963
2
TMOD2 is a major regulator of plasticity in the mesolimbic system and regulates cocaine-induced synaptic plasticity and addictive properties
PMID: 38508714
3
TMOD2 is part of cerebrospinal fluid biomarker panels with superior diagnostic and prognostic performance for Alzheimer's disease (AUC = 0.987)
PMID: 38987357
4
TMOD2 is a gut microbiota-associated biomarker for colorectal adenoma with strong predictive power linked to cell adhesion pathways
PMID: 41378121
5
TMOD2 is upregulated in metastatic colorectal cancer, promotes cell adhesion, anchorage-independent growth, migration, and liver metastasis; correlates with advanced disease and poor survival
PMID: 40962847
6
TMOD2 binds NPM2 at centrosomes; chromium exposure inhibits this interaction and causes centrosome amplification
PMID: 36963620
7
miR-191-5p acts as a tumor suppressor in prostate cancer by downregulating TMOD2 expression
PMID: 40618585
Disease Associationsⓘ20
intelligenceOpen Targets
0.34Weak
developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, 13Open Targets
0.12Weak
genetic developmental and epileptic encephalopathyOpen Targets
0.12Weak
osteoarthritis, kneeOpen Targets
0.12Weak
total knee arthroplastyOpen Targets
0.06Suggestive
attention deficit hyperactivity disorderOpen Targets
0.06Suggestive
hereditary attention deficit-hyperactivity disorderOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
Potocki-Lupski syndromeOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
epilepsy, progressive myoclonic, 12Open Targets
0.04Suggestive
hemoglobin D diseaseOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
X-linked dominant intellectual disability - epilepsy syndromeOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
Hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin - beta-thalassemiaOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin-beta-thalassemia syndromeOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
neuroblastomaOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumorOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
colorectal carcinomaOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
ovarian carcinomaOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
childhood supratentorial ependymomaOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
ependymomaOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
large cell medulloblastomaOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
NEBProtein interaction97%ADD1Protein interaction96%ADD2Protein interaction94%ADD3Protein interaction94%GSNProtein interaction91%DMTNProtein interaction89%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Brain
100%
Heart
13%
Ovary
9%
Lung
5%
Bone Marrow
4%
Liver
2%
Gene Interaction Network
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TMOD2NEBADD1ADD2ADD3GSNDMTN
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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AlphaFoldAI-predicted · UniProt Q9NZR1
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
0.79LoF Tolerant
pLIⓘ
0.00Tolerant
Observed/Expected LoF0.55 [0.38–0.79]
RankingsWhere TMOD2 stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #8,888of 20,598
    Most Researched50
  • #6,567of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)0.79
Genes detectedTMOD2
Sources retrieved10 papers
Response time—
📄 Sources
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1
Multiplex cerebrospinal fluid proteomics identifies biomarkers for diagnosis and prediction of Alzheimer's disease.
PMID: 38987357
Nat Hum Behav · 2024
1.00
2
TMOD2 and DOCK4 as Novel Gut Microbiota-Associated Biomarkers for Colorectal Adenoma: Integrated Transcriptomic Analysis and Therapeutic Target Identification.
PMID: 41378121
Mediators Inflamm · 2025
0.90
3
Role of Tropomodulins in brain physiology and pathology.
PMID: 40517963
Neurobiol Dis · 2025
0.80
4
Deciphering the central role of TMOD2 in colorectal cancer progression and metastasis.
PMID: 40962847
Br J Cancer · 2025
0.70
5
PMID: 38508714
J Neurosci · 2024
0.60