Gene: PDP2

Alternate names for this Gene: PDPC 2|PPM2B|PPM2C2

Gene Summary: This gene is a mitochondrial protein that functions as a phosphatase and is involved in the enzymatic resetting of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding the same protein.

Gene is located in Chromosome: 16

Location in Chromosome : 16q22.1

Description of this Gene: pyruvate dehyrogenase phosphatase catalytic subunit 2

Type of Gene: protein-coding

rs45474499 in PDP2 gene and Diastolic blood pressure PMID 30224653 2018 Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits.