Literature on SMC2
SMC2 [ENSP00000286398]
Structural maintenance of chromosomes protein 2; Central component of the condensin complex, a complex required for conversion of interphase chromatin into mitotic-like condense chromosomes. The condensin complex probably introduces positive supercoils into relaxed DNA in the presence of type I topoisomerases and converts nicked DNA into positive knotted forms in the presence of type II topoisomerases; Belongs to the SMC family. SMC2 subfamily.
Synonyms: SMC2, SMC2p, hSMC2, A0A024R158, A0A0C4DGE5 ...