RASGRF2

Ras-specific guanine nucleotide-releasing factor 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RASGRF2 gene.^[5]

RASGRF2
Identifiers
Aliases	RASGRF2, GRF2, RAS-GRF2, Ras protein specific guanine nucleotide releasing factor 2
External IDs	OMIM: 606614; MGI: 109137; HomoloGene: 2169; GeneCards: RASGRF2; OMA:RASGRF2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 5 (human)[1] Band 5q14.1 Start 80,960,363 bp[1] End 81,230,162 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 13 (mouse)[2] Band 13 C3|13 47.43 cM Start 92,028,519 bp[2] End 92,268,164 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in middle temporal gyrus Brodmann area 23 endothelial cell sural nerve Brodmann area 46 prefrontal cortex corpus callosum superior frontal gyrus C1 segment Occipital Lobe Top expressed in ventromedial nucleus olfactory tubercle neural layer of retina arcuate nucleus paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus substantia nigra superior frontal gyrus dentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell ventral tegmental area More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function calmodulin binding guanyl-nucleotide exchange factor activity Cellular component cytoplasm cytosol endoplasmic reticulum membrane membrane plasma membrane endoplasmic reticulum Biological process regulation of Ras protein signal transduction MAPK cascade positive regulation of apoptotic process regulation of Rho protein signal transduction regulation of small GTPase mediated signal transduction small GTPase mediated signal transduction response to endoplasmic reticulum stress G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 5924 19418 Ensembl ENSG00000113319 ENSMUSG00000021708 UniProt O14827 P70392 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_006909 NM_009027 RefSeq (protein) NP_008840 NP_033053 Location (UCSC) Chr 5: 80.96 – 81.23 Mb Chr 13: 92.03 – 92.27 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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RAS (MIM 190020) GTPases cycle between an inactive GDP-bound state and an active GTP-bound state. Guanine-nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs), such as RASGRFs, stimulate the conversion of the GDP-bound form into the active form.[supplied by OMIM]^[5]

Variations in this gene has been shown to be linked to the propensity to binge drink by teenagers.^[6]