RET Antibody – Rabbit Polyclonal

This gene encodes a transmembrane receptor and member of the tyrosine protein kinase family of proteins. Binding of ligands such as GDNF (glial cell-line derived neurotrophic factor) and other related proteins to the encoded receptor stimulates receptor dimerization and activation of downstream signaling pathways that play a role in cell differentiation, growth, migration and survival. The encoded receptor is important in development of the nervous system, and the development of organs and tissues derived from the neural crest. This proto-oncogene can undergo oncogenic activation through both cytogenetic rearrangement and activating point mutations. Mutations in this gene are associated with Hirschsprung disease and central hypoventilation syndrome and have been identified in patients with renal agenesis. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2017]

Ret: a proto-oncogenic receptor tyrosine kinase. Receptor for glial cell line-derived neurotropic factor (GDNF) and its congeners neurturin, persephin and artemin. Part of a multicompetent receptor complex with other membrane-bound ligand-binding GDNF family receptors (aGFRs). Required for development of the kidney and neural crest-derived cell types. Three alternatively spliced isoforms have been described.

Protein type: Membrane protein, integral; Oncoprotein; Protein kinase, tyrosine (receptor); EC 2.7.10.1; Protein kinase, TK; Kinase, protein; TK group; Ret family

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 10q11.2

Cellular Component: intracellular membrane-bound organelle; integral to plasma membrane; cytoplasm; plasma membrane; endosome membrane; receptor complex; lipid raft

Molecular Function: protein binding; protein-tyrosine kinase activity; receptor activity; transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine kinase activity; calcium ion binding; ATP binding

Biological Process: response to drug; regulation of cell adhesion; caspase activation; positive regulation of neuron maturation; posterior midgut development; peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation; positive regulation of cell size; positive regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent; membrane protein proteolysis; MAPKKK cascade; positive regulation of cell adhesion mediated by integrin; response to pain; regulation of axonogenesis; signal transduction; neuron maturation; protein amino acid phosphorylation; enteric nervous system development; retina development in camera-type eye; ureteric bud development; embryonic epithelial tube formation; neuron adhesion; homophilic cell adhesion; neural crest cell migration; transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine kinase signaling pathway; positive regulation of cell migration

Disease: Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia, Type Iib; Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia, Type Iia; Thyroid Carcinoma, Papillary; Hirschsprung Disease, Susceptibility To, 1; Thyroid Carcinoma, Familial Medullary