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AMFR

Autocrine motility factor receptor, isoform 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the AMFR gene.

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Source
AMFR
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesAMFR, GP78, RNF45, autocrine motility factor receptor
External IDsOMIM: 603243; MGI: 1345634; HomoloGene: 888; GeneCards: AMFR; OMA:AMFR - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001144
NM_138958
NM_001323511
NM_001323512

NM_011787

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001135
NP_001310440
NP_001310441

NP_035917

Location (UCSC)Chr 16: 56.36 – 56.43 MbChr 8: 94.7 – 94.74 Mb
PubMed search34
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Autocrine motility factor receptor, isoform 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the AMFR gene.56

Autocrine motility factor is a tumor motility-stimulating protein secreted by tumor cells. The protein encoded by this gene is a glycosylated transmembrane protein and a receptor for autocrine motility factor. The receptor, which shows some sequence similarity to tumor protein p53, is localized to the leading and trailing edges of carcinoma cells.6

Interactions

AMFR has been shown to interact with Valosin-containing protein.78

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000159461Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000031751Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Watanabe H, Carmi P, Hogan V, Raz T, Silletti S, Nabi IR, Raz A (Aug 1991). "Purification of human tumor cell autocrine motility factor and molecular cloning of its receptor". J Biol Chem. 266 (20): 13442–8. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)98859-9. PMID 1649192.
  6. "Entrez Gene: AMFR autocrine motility factor receptor".
  7. Zhong, Xiaoyan; Shen Yuxian; Ballar Petek; Apostolou Andria; Agami Reuven; Fang Shengyun (Oct 2004). "AAA ATPase p97/valosin-containing protein interacts with gp78, a ubiquitin ligase for endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation". J. Biol. Chem. 279 (44). United States: 45676–84. doi:10.1074/jbc.M409034200. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 15331598.
  8. Lee, Joon No; Zhang Xiangyu; Feramisco Jamison D; Gong Yi; Ye Jin (Nov 2008). "Unsaturated fatty acids inhibit proteasomal degradation of Insig-1 at a postubiquitination step". J. Biol. Chem. 283 (48). United States: 33772–83. doi:10.1074/jbc.M806108200. ISSN 0021-9258. PMC 2586246. PMID 18835813.
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