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Identification
HMDB Protein ID HMDBP02326
Secondary Accession Numbers
  • 7811
Name Folate receptor alpha
Synonyms
  1. Adult folate-binding protein
  2. FBP
  3. FR-alpha
  4. Folate receptor 1
  5. Folate receptor, adult
  6. KB cells FBP
  7. Ovarian tumor-associated antigen MOv18
Gene Name FOLR1
Protein Type Enzyme
Biological Properties
General Function Involved in folic acid binding
Specific Function Binds to folate and reduced folic acid derivatives and mediates delivery of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate to the interior of cells
Pathways Not Available
Reactions Not Available
GO Classification Not Available
Cellular Location
  1. Cell membrane
  2. Lipid-anchor
  3. GPI-anchor
  4. Secreted (Probable)
Gene Properties
Chromosome Location Chromosome:1
Locus 11q13.3-q14.1
SNPs FOLR1
Gene Sequence
>774 bp
ATGGCTCAGCGGATGACAACACAGCTGCTGCTCCTTCTAGTGTGGGTGGCTGTAGTAGGG
GAGGCTCAGACAAGGATTGCATGGGCCAGGACTGAGCTTCTCAATGTCTGCATGAACGCC
AAGCACCACAAGGAAAAGCCAGGCCCCGAGGACAAGTTGCATGAGCAGTGTCGACCCTGG
AGGAAGAATGCCTGCTGTTCTACCAACACCAGCCAGGAAGCCCATAAGGATGTTTCCTAC
CTATATAGATTCAACTGGAACCACTGTGGAGAGATGGCACCTGCCTGCAAACGGCATTTC
ATCCAGGACACCTGCCTCTACGAGTGCTCCCCCAACTTGGGGCCCTGGATCCAGCAGGTG
GATCAGAGCTGGCGCAAAGAGCGGGTACTGAACGTGCCCCTGTGCAAAGAGGACTGTGAG
CAATGGTGGGAAGATTGTCGCACCTCCTACACCTGCAAGAGCAACTGGCACAAGGGCTGG
AACTGGACTTCAGGGTTTAACAAGTGCGCAGTGGGAGCTGCCTGCCAACCTTTCCATTTC
TACTTCCCCACACCCACTGTTCTGTGCAATGAAATCTGGACTCACTCCTACAAGGTCAGC
AACTACAGCCGAGGGAGTGGCCGCTGCATCCAGATGTGGTTCGACCCAGCCCAGGGCAAC
CCCAATGAGGAGGTGGCGAGGTTCTATGCTGCAGCCATGAGTGGGGCTGGGCCCTGGGCA
GCCTGGCCTTTCCTGCTTAGCCTGGCCCTAATGCTGCTGTGGCTGCTCAGCTGA
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 257
Molecular Weight 29818.9
Theoretical pI 8.02
Pfam Domain Function
Signals
  • 1-24
Transmembrane Regions
  • None
Protein Sequence
>Folate receptor alpha
MAQRMTTQLLLLLVWVAVVGEAQTRIAWARTELLNVCMNAKHHKEKPGPEDKLHEQCRPW
RKNACCSTNTSQEAHKDVSYLYRFNWNHCGEMAPACKRHFIQDTCLYECSPNLGPWIQQV
DQSWRKERVLNVPLCKEDCEQWWEDCRTSYTCKSNWHKGWNWTSGFNKCAVGAACQPFHF
YFPTPTVLCNEIWTHSYKVSNYSRGSGRCIQMWFDPAQGNPNEEVARFYAAAMSGAGPWA
AWPFLLSLALMLLWLLS
GenBank ID Protein Not Available
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID P15328
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name FOLR1_HUMAN
PDB IDs Not Available
GenBank Gene ID J05013
GeneCard ID FOLR1
GenAtlas ID FOLR1
HGNC ID HGNC:3791
References
General References
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