Mus musculus Protein: Gfra2
Summary
InnateDB Protein IDBP-179522.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol Gfra2
Protein Name glial cell line derived neurotrophic factor family receptor alpha 2
Synonyms
Species Mus musculus
Ensembl Protein ENSMUSP00000022699
InnateDB Gene IDBG-179520 (Gfra2)
Protein Structure
UniProt Annotation
Function Receptor for neurturin. Mediates the NRTN-induced autophosphorylation and activation of the RET receptor. Also able to mediate GDNF signaling through the RET tyrosine kinase receptor.
Subcellular Localization Cell membrane {ECO:0000250}; Lipid-anchor, GPI-anchor {ECO:0000250}.
Disease Associations
Tissue Specificity Neurons of the superior cervical and dorsal root ganglia, and adult brain and testis. Low level in the spleen and in the adrenal gland.
Comments
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 0 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 3 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.
Predicted by orthology
Total 3 [view]
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0016167 glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor receptor activity
Biological Process
GO:0007169 transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine kinase signaling pathway
GO:0007399 nervous system development
GO:0031953 negative regulation of protein autophosphorylation
GO:0035860 glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor receptor signaling pathway
Cellular Component
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
GO:0031225 anchored component of membrane
Protein Structure and Domains
PDB ID MGI:1195462
InterPro IPR003438 Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor receptor
IPR003504 Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor receptor alpha 2
IPR016017 GDNF/GAS1
IPR017372 Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor receptor, alpha 1/2
PFAM PF02351
PRINTS PR01316
PR01318
PIRSF PIRSF038071
SMART SM00907
TIGRFAMs
Post-translational Modifications
Modification
Cross-References
SwissProt O08842
PhosphoSite PhosphoSite-O08842
TrEMBL Q3UET6
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 14586
UniGene Mm.32619
RefSeq NP_032141
MGI ID
MGI Symbol Gfra2
OMIM
CCDS CCDS27263
HPRD
IMGT
EMBL AC124202 AF002701 AK138512 AK149349 BC138561 CH466535
GenPept AAC53548 AAI38562 BAE23689 BAE28825 EDL35876