Products

Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization (Cell)

Entrez GeneID

Gene Name

PTPRF

Gene Alias

FLJ43335, FLJ45062, FLJ45567, LAR

Gene Description

protein tyrosine phosphatase, receptor type, F

Omim ID

Gene Ontology

Gene Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) family. PTPs are known to be signaling molecules that regulate a variety of cellular processes including cell growth, differentiation, mitotic cycle, and oncogenic transformation. This PTP possesses an extracellular region, a single transmembrane region, and two tandem intracytoplasmic catalytic domains, and thus represents a receptor-type PTP. The extracellular region contains three Ig-like domains, and nine non-Ig like domains similar to that of neural-cell adhesion molecule. This PTP was shown to function in the regulation of epithelial cell-cell contacts at adherents junctions, as well as in the control of beta-catenin signaling. An increased expression level of this protein was found in the insulin-responsive tissue of obese, insulin-resistant individuals, and may contribute to the pathogenesis of insulin resistance. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene, which encode distinct proteins, have been reported. [provided by RefSeq

Other Designations

LCA-homolog|OTTHUMP00000008684|leukocyte antigen-related (LAR) PTP receptor|leukocyte antigen-related tyrosine phosphatase|protein tyrosine phosphatase, receptor type, F polypeptide|receptor-linked protein-tyrosine phosphatase LAR