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Phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate-dependent Rac exchange factor 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PREX2 gene.^[5]^[6]

Clinical relevance

Mutations in this gene have been recurrently seen in melanoma.^[7]

^ ^a ^b ^c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000046889 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000048960 – Ensembl, May 2017
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Leslie NR (2009). "P-REX2a driving tumorigenesis by PTEN inhibition". Sci Signal. 2 (94): pe68. doi:10.1126/scisignal.294pe68. PMID 19861688. S2CID 19953626.