DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature associating PLOD2 and diverticulitis

PLOD2 [ENSP00000282903]

Procollagen-lysine,2-oxoglutarate 5-dioxygenase 2; Forms hydroxylysine residues in -Xaa-Lys-Gly- sequences in collagens. These hydroxylysines serve as sites of attachment for carbohydrate units and are essential for the stability of the intermolecular collagen cross-links.

Synonyms:  PLOD2,  PLOD2p,  hPLOD2,  C9JXZ0,  E7ETU9 ...

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