Gfra2 GDNF family receptor alpha 2 [Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: Gfra2provided by RGD
Official Full Name: GDNF family receptor alpha 2provided by RGD
Primary source: RGD:61809
See related: EnsemblRapid:ENSRNOG00000014010 AllianceGenome:RGD:61809
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: PROVISIONAL
Organism: Rattus norvegicus
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Rattus
Also known as: Retl2
Summary: Enables glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor receptor activity. Involved in negative regulation of protein autophosphorylation. Predicted to be part of receptor complex. Predicted to be active in external side of plasma membrane. Biomarker of Parkinsonism. Orthologous to human GFRA2 (GDNF family receptor alpha 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Nov 2024]
Expression: Biased expression in Spleen (RPKM 77.1), Lung (RPKM 66.4) and 7 other tissues See more
Orthologs: human mouse all
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Genomic context

Location:: 15p11

Exon count:: 9

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2024_02	current	GRCr8 (GCF_036323735.1)	15	NC_086033.1 (52351499..52443369)
RS_2023_06	previous assembly	mRatBN7.2 (GCF_015227675.2)	15	NC_051350.1 (45941841..46033715)
106	previous assembly	Rnor_6.0 (GCF_000001895.5)	15	NC_005114.4 (52557004..52648984)

Chromosome 15 - NC_086033.1 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Expression

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Project title: A rat RNA-Seq transcriptomic BodyMap across 11 organs and 4 developmental stages
Description: 320 RNA samples isolated from 11 organs (adrenal gland, brain, heart, kidney, liver, lung, muscle, spleen, thymus, and testes or uterus) from both sexes of Fischer 344 rats across four developmental stages (2-, 6-, 21-, and 104-weeks-old)
BioProject: PRJNA238328
Publication: PMID 24510058
Analysis date: Mon Jun 6 17:44:12 2016

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

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Synthesis of GFRa2 protein is enhanced in Muller cells at 24 hr in experimental diabetic retinopathy, and then the level of GFRa2 protein is downregulated.
Title: Expression of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor and its receptors in cultured retinal Müller cells under high glucose circumstance.
Cyclic AMP signalling through PKA but not Epac is essential for neurturin-induced biphasic ERK1/2 activation and neurite outgrowths through GFRalpha2 isoforms.
Title: Cyclic AMP signalling through PKA but not Epac is essential for neurturin-induced biphasic ERK1/2 activation and neurite outgrowths through GFRα2 isoforms.
GAP43 mRNA expression moderately increased in the intact Major pelvic ganglia, and GFRalpha2 mRNA was maintained in the intact MPG but not in the injured one.
Title: Alteration of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor family receptor alpha-2 mRNA expression and its co-expression with neuronal nitric oxide synthase in pelvic ganglia following unilateral cavernous nerve injury.
GFRalpha2-labeled fibers were only in inner lamina II of spinal cord.
Title: Expression of receptors for glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor family ligands in sacral spinal cord reveals separate targets of pelvic afferent fibers.
In GFRalpha2-expressing nonpeptidergic afferents spinal cord injury caused a permanent loss of dorsal horn innervation. GFRalpha2 was transiently induced throughout deeper laminae but this was not due to upregulation of GFRalpha2 in dorsal root ganglia.
Title: Acute and chronic changes in dorsal horn innervation by primary afferents and descending supraspinal pathways after spinal cord injury.
This differential expression of GFRalpha-2 transcripts in bladder and intestine may be related to differences in the roles of NTN in the two tissues and its actions on the neurons that innervate them.
Title: Differential expression of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor family receptor alpha-2 isoforms in rat urinary bladder and intestine.
examined the mRNA expression of neurturin (NTN) and its receptor GFRalpha2 in the substantia nigra (SN) and striatum at ages ranging from postnatal day (PND) 2 to adult
Title: Patterns of developmental mRNA expression of neurturin and GFRalpha2 in the rat striatum and substantia nigra do not suggest a role in the regulation of natural cell death in dopamine neurons.
developmental expression the rat urinary bladder
Title: Developmental expression of glial cell-line derived neurotrophic factor, neurturin, and their receptor mRNA in the rat urinary bladder.
Cholinergic neurons express GFRalpha2 on their terminals and somata, indicating they can respond to neurotrophic support, and their somata are smaller when neurturin signalling is disrupted.
Title: Neurturin signalling via GFRalpha2 is essential for innervation of glandular but not muscle targets of sacral parasympathetic ganglion neurons.

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General gene information

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Markers

D15Wox6 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:239432

Gfra2 (e-PCR), detects polymorphism
- UniSTS:498380

Gene Ontology Provided by RGD

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor receptor activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor receptor activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor receptor activity	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
enables heparan sulfate binding	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
acts_upstream_of_or_within cell surface receptor protein tyrosine kinase signaling pathway	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor receptor signaling pathway	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in negative regulation of protein autophosphorylation	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in nervous system development	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within nervous system development	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
is_active_in external side of plasma membrane	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
is_active_in plasma membrane	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
part_of receptor complex	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: GDNF family receptor alpha-2

Names: glial cell line derived neurotrophic factor family receptor alpha 2; tyrosine kinase receptor ligand 2

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

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