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Also known as ELP-1, ERD2.2, KDEL endoplasmic reticulum protein retention receptor 2, OI21, ELP1

ER lumen protein retaining receptor 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KDELR2 gene.

Gene data

KDELR2
Name
KDEL endoplasmic reticulum protein retention receptor 2
Type
protein-coding
Position
6,445,953–6,484,224 (−)
Aliases
ELP-1, ERD2.2, OI21
RefSeq RNA
NM_001100603.2, NM_006854.4
RefSeq protein
NP_001094073.1, NP_006845.1

Retention of resident soluble proteins in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is achieved in both yeast and animal cells by their continual retrieval from the cis-Golgi, or a pre-Golgi compartment. Sorting of these proteins is dependent on a C-terminal tetrapeptide signal, usually lys-asp-glu-leu (KDEL) in animal cells, and his-asp-glu-leu (HDEL) in S. cerevisiae. This process is mediated by a receptor that recognizes, and binds the tetrapeptide-containing protein, and returns it to the ER. In yeast, the sorting receptor encoded by a single gene, ERD2, is a seven-transmembrane protein. Unlike yeast, several human homologs of the ERD2 gene, constituting the KDEL receptor gene family, have been described. KDELR2 was the second member of the family to be identified, and it encodes a protein which is 83% identical to the KDELR1 gene product. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].

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KDEL endoplasmic reticulum protein retention receptor 2

Symbol
KDELR2
Biotype
Protein coding
Organism
Homo sapiens
Location
7:6,445,953-6,484,224
Strand
Reverse (−)
Assembly
GRCh38
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Instance of
gene
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HomoloGene ID
129146
found in taxon
Homo sapiens
genomic end
6484190
genomic start
6485584
cytogenetic location
7p22.1
expressed in
pericardium
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ER lumen protein retaining receptor 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KDELR2 gene.

Retention of resident soluble proteins in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is achieved in both yeast and animal cells by their continual retrieval from the cis-Golgi, or a pre-Golgi compartment. Sorting of these proteins is dependent on a C-terminal tetrapeptide signal, lys-asp-glu-leu (KDEL) in animal cells and his-asp-glu-leu (HDEL) in S. cerevisiae. This process is mediated by a receptor that recognizes, and binds the tetrapeptide-containing protein, and returns it to the ER. In yeast, the sorting receptor encoded by a single gene, ERD2, is a seven-transmembrane protein. Unlike yeast, several human homologs of the ERD2 gene, constituting the KDEL receptor gene family, have been described. KDELR2 was the second member of the family to be identified, and it encodes a protein which is 83% identical to the KDELR1 gene product.

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