This article is about the gene and encoded protein. For the Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries Report (2nd edition), see Disease Control Priorities Project.
mRNA-decapping enzyme 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DCP2gene.[1][2][3]
DCP2 is a key component of an mRNA-decapping complex required for removal of the 5-prime cap from mRNA prior to its degradation from the 5-prime end (Fenger-Gron et al., 2005).[supplied by OMIM][3]
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