FCER1A

FCER1A
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases FCER1A, FCE1A, FcERI, Fc fragment of IgE receptor Ia
External IDs MGI: 95494 HomoloGene: 1516 GeneCards: FCER1A
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

2205

14125

Ensembl

ENSG00000179639

ENSMUSG00000005339

UniProt

P12319

P20489

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002001

NM_010184

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001992.1

NP_034314.2

Location (UCSC) Chr 1: 159.29 – 159.31 Mb Chr 1: 173.22 – 173.23 Mb
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Fc fragment of IgE, high affinity I, receptor for; alpha polypeptide, also known as FCER1A, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the FCER1A gene.[3]

Function

The high affinity IgE receptor plays a central role in allergic disease, coupling allergen and mast cell to initiate the inflammatory and immediate hypersensitivity responses that are characteristic of disorders such as hay fever and asthma. The allergic response occurs when 2 or more IgE receptors are crosslinked via IgE molecules that in turn are bound to an allergen (antigen) molecule. A perturbation occurs that brings about the release of histamine and proteases from the granules in the cytoplasm of the mast cell and leads to the synthesis of prostaglandins and leukotrienes—potent effectors of the hypersensitivity response. The IgE receptor consists of 3 subunits: alpha (this protein), beta, and gamma; only the alpha subunit is glycosylated.[4]

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