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Designing an IHC experiment for GFRA2? The guide has the expected staining pattern, antigen retrieval and fixation, antibodies backed by real IHC images, the tissue controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the GFRA2 IHC GuideFacts about GDNF family receptor alpha-2.
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. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | GFRA2 |
| Uniprot: | O00451 |
| Entrez: | 2675 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| GDNFR family |

GDNF family receptor alpha 2; GDNF family receptor alpha-2; GDNF R alpha-2; GDNF receptor alpha-2; GDNF receptor beta; GDNFR-alpha-2; GDNFR-beta; GDNFRBRET ligand 2; GFR alpha2; GFR alpha-2; GFRA2; GFRa-2; GFR-alpha 2; GFR-alpha-2; glial cell line derived neurotrophic factor receptor, beta; Neurturin receptor alpha; NRTNR-alpha; NTNRA; NTNR-alpha; PI-linked cell-surface accessory protein; RETL2TGF-beta-related neurotrophic factor receptor 2; TGF-beta related neurotrophic factor receptor 2; TRN receptor, GPI-anchored; TRNR2NRTNR-ALPHA
Mass (kDA):
51.544 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 8p21.3 |
| Sequence: | 8; NC_000008.11 (21690398..21789296, complement) |
Isoform 1 is found in both brain and placenta.
Cell membrane; Lipid-anchor, GPI-anchor.




PMID: 9182803 by Baloh R.H., et al. TrnR2, a novel receptor that mediates neurturin and GDNF signaling through Ret.
PMID: 9259272 by Suvanto P., et al. Cloning, mRNA distribution and chromosomal localisation of the gene for glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor receptor beta, a homologue to GDNFR-alpha.