Homo sapiens Protein: GUCA2A
Summary
InnateDB Protein IDBP-97175.5
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol GUCA2A
Protein Name guanylate cyclase activator 2A (guanylin)
Synonyms GCAP-I; GUCA2; STARA;
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Protein ENSP00000349493
InnateDB Gene IDBG-97173 (GUCA2A)
Protein Structure
UniProt Annotation
Function Endogenous activator of intestinal guanylate cyclase. It stimulates this enzyme through the same receptor binding region as the heat-stable enterotoxins.
Subcellular Localization Secreted.
Disease Associations
Tissue Specificity Highly expressed in ileum and colon. Found in plasma.
Comments
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 0 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0005179 hormone activity
GO:0030250 guanylate cyclase activator activity
Biological Process
GO:0031284 positive regulation of guanylate cyclase activity
Cellular Component
GO:0005576 extracellular region
GO:0070062 extracellular vesicular exosome
Protein Structure and Domains
PDB ID
InterPro IPR000879 Guanylin
PFAM PF02058
PRINTS PR00774
PIRSF PIRSF001849
SMART
TIGRFAMs
Post-translational Modifications
Modification
Cross-References
SwissProt Q02747
PhosphoSite PhosphoSite-
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 2980
UniGene Hs.778
RefSeq NP_291031
HUGO HGNC:4682
OMIM 139392
CCDS CCDS465
HPRD 00767
IMGT
EMBL AC114492 M95174 M97496 X74322
GenPept AAA35915 AAA58625 CAC22258