GFRA2

Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) and neurturin (NTN) are two structurally related, potent neurotrophic factors that play key roles in the control of neuron survival and differentiation. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the GDNF receptor family. It is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol(GPI)-linked cell surface receptor for both GDNF and NTN, and mediates activation of the RET tyrosine kinase receptor. This encoded protein acts preferentially as a receptor for NTN compared to its other family member, GDNF family receptor alpha 1. This gene is a candidate gene for RET-associated diseases. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2009]

Description

GDNF family receptor alpha 2

Tissue specificity

Tissue enhanced (testis, thyroid gland)

Subcell location

Vesicles

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Predicted intracellular proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)

Chromosome

8 (21690398 - 21812357)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000168546  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Gfra2: ENSMUSG00000022103

UniProt

O00451

neXtProt

NX_O00451

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure