ALS2CR8

CARF
Identifiers
Aliases CARF, ALS2CR8, NYD-SP24, calcium responsive transcription factor
External IDs MGI: 2182269 HomoloGene: 11689 GeneCards: CARF
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

79800

241066

Ensembl

ENSG00000138380

ENSMUSG00000026017

UniProt

Q8N187

Q8VHI4

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001285463
NM_001285473
NM_139150

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001272402.1
NP_631889.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 2: 202.91 – 202.99 Mb Chr 1: 60.1 – 60.15 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 2 chromosomal region candidate gene 8 protein also known as calcium-response factor (CaRF) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ALS2CR8 gene.[3][4]

Knocking out the Carf (Als2cr8) gene in mice results in learning associated deficits. Furthermore, Carf has been shown to function as a transcription factor that regulates the expression of BDNF.[5]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Hadano S, Hand CK, Osuga H, Yanagisawa Y, Otomo A, Devon RS, Miyamoto N, Showguchi-Miyata J, Okada Y, Singaraja R, Figlewicz DA, Kwiatkowski T, Hosler BA, Sagie T, Skaug J, Nasir J, Brown RH Jr, Scherer SW, Rouleau GA, Hayden MR, Ikeda JE (Oct 2001). "A gene encoding a putative GTPase regulator is mutated in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 2". Nat Genet. 29 (2): 166–73. doi:10.1038/ng1001-166. PMID 11586298.
  4. "Entrez Gene: ALS2CR8 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 2 (juvenile) chromosome region, candidate 8".
  5. Tao X, West AE, Chen WG, Corfas G, Greenberg ME (January 2002). "A calcium-responsive transcription factor, CaRF, that regulates neuronal activity-dependent expression of BDNF". Neuron. 33 (3): 383–95. doi:10.1016/S0896-6273(01)00561-X. PMID 11832226.

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