Fer: a non-receptor tyrosine kinase of the Fer family. Regulates cell-cell adhesion and mediates signaling from the cell surface to the cytoskeleton via growth factor receptors. Increased expression associated with prostate cancer proliferation, and antisense blocks soft agar growth.
Protein type: Kinase, protein; Protein kinase, TK; Protein kinase, tyrosine (non-receptor); Oncoprotein; EC 2.7.10.2; TK group; Fer family
Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 5q21
Cellular Component: microtubule cytoskeleton; extrinsic to internal side of plasma membrane; lamellipodium; cytoplasm; nuclear chromatin; cell cortex; cytosol; nucleus; cell junction; actin cytoskeleton
Molecular Function: protein binding; cadherin binding; gamma-catenin binding; protein-tyrosine kinase activity; non-membrane spanning protein tyrosine kinase activity; actin binding; lipid binding; protein kinase binding; protein phosphatase 1 binding; Rab GTPase binding; ATP binding; epidermal growth factor receptor binding
Biological Process: regulation of mast cell degranulation; peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation; protein amino acid autophosphorylation; diapedesis; tyrosine phosphorylation of Stat3 protein; response to lipopolysaccharide; platelet-derived growth factor receptor signaling pathway; negative regulation of mast cell activation during immune response; chemotaxis; protein amino acid phosphorylation; activation of NF-kappaB transcription factor; positive regulation of cell proliferation; cell adhesion; cell differentiation; regulation of protein amino acid phosphorylation; cytokine and chemokine mediated signaling pathway; microtubule cytoskeleton organization and biogenesis; regulation of epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway; regulation of cell proliferation; cell proliferation; positive regulation of actin filament polymerization; cellular response to insulin stimulus; actin cytoskeleton reorganization; innate immune response; mitotic cell cycle; positive regulation of cell migration
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