Docking protein 6

Docking protein 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DOK6 gene. ^[5]

DOK6
Identifiers
Aliases	DOK6, DOK5L, HsT3226, docking protein 6
External IDs	OMIM: 611402; MGI: 3639495; HomoloGene: 45143; GeneCards: DOK6; OMA:DOK6 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 18 (human)[1] Band 18q22.2 Start 69,400,888 bp[1] End 69,849,087 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 18 (mouse)[2] Band 18|18 E4 Start 89,310,548 bp[2] End 89,787,652 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in pars compacta pars reticulata Brodmann area 46 pons endothelial cell middle temporal gyrus ganglionic eminence entorhinal cortex Brodmann area 23 spinal ganglia Top expressed in dentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell hippocampus proper primary visual cortex Cortex of frontal lobe superior frontal gyrus olfactory bulb hypothalamus striatum of neuraxis cerebellar cortex ganglionic eminence More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function protein binding Cellular component cytosol Biological process axon guidance Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 220164 623279 Ensembl ENSG00000206052 ENSMUSG00000073514 UniProt Q6PKX4 Q2MHE5 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_152721 NM_001039173 RefSeq (protein) NP_689934 NP_001034262 Location (UCSC) Chr 18: 69.4 – 69.85 Mb Chr 18: 89.31 – 89.79 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Function

DOK6 is a member of the DOK (see DOK1; MIM 602919) family of intracellular adaptors that play a role in the RET (MIM 164761) signaling cascade (Crowder et al., 2004 [PubMed 15286081]).