LongevityMap variant

Entry Details

Longevity Association
Significant
Population
Danish
Study Design
38 genes (311 SNPs) belonging to pro-antioxidant pathways were investigated for the association with physical and cognitive performances in a Cohort of 1089 Danish nonagenarians. For each gene analyzed in the pro-antioxidant pathway, the influence on longitudinal survival was tested.
Conclusions
NDUFS1, TXNRD1, SOD2 and UCP3 were found significantly associated with lifespan in the female cohort. This result is consistent with their associations with physical functioning and suggests that the variability of genes in the pro-antioxidant pathway can influence survival through an effect on physical performances, at least in the analyzed cohort.
Identifier
rs2758331
In Other Studies (IDs)
1472 2644
Cytogenetic Location
6q25.3
UCSC Genome Browser
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Gene details

HGNC symbol
SOD2
Aliases
IPOB; IPO-B; MNSOD; MVCD6; Mn-SOD 
Common name
superoxide dismutase 2 
Description
This gene is a member of the iron/manganese superoxide dismutase family. It encodes a mitochondrial protein that forms a homotetramer and binds one manganese ion per subunit. This protein binds to the superoxide byproducts of oxidative phosphorylation and converts them to hydrogen peroxide and diatomic oxygen. Mutations in this gene have been associated with idiopathic cardiomyopathy (IDC), premature aging, sporadic motor neuron disease, and cancer. Alternative splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants. A related pseudogene has been identified on chromosome 1. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2016]
Other longevity studies of this gene
21
OMIM
147460
Ensembl
ENSG00000112096
UniProt/Swiss-Prot
A0A0C4DFU1_HUMAN
Entrez Gene
6648
UniGene
487046
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Homologs in model organisms

Caenorhabditis elegans
sod-2
Caenorhabditis elegans
sod-3
Danio rerio
sod2
Drosophila melanogaster
Sod2
Mus musculus
Sod2
Rattus norvegicus
Sod2
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
SOD2
Schizosaccharomyces pombe
SPBC16A3.14

In other databases

GenAge model organism genes
  • A homolog of this gene for Saccharomyces cerevisiae is present as SOD2
  • A homolog of this gene for Drosophila melanogaster is present as Sod2
  • A homolog of this gene for Mus musculus is present as Sod2
  • A homolog of this gene for Caenorhabditis elegans is present as sod-2
GenAge human genes
  • This gene is present as SOD2
GenDR gene manipulations
  • A homolog of this gene for Saccharomyces cerevisiae is present as SOD2
CellAge
  • This gene is present as SOD2

References

Dato et al. (2014)

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