RASAL2

RASAL2
Identifiers
Aliases	RASAL2, NGAP, RAS protein activator like 2
External IDs	OMIM: 606136; MGI: 2443881; HomoloGene: 35217; GeneCards: RASAL2; OMA:RASAL2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 1 (human)
End	178,484,147 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 1 (mouse)
End	157,240,165 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	buccal mucosa cell; ; amniotic fluid; ; right ventricle; ; oral cavity; ; middle temporal gyrus; ; saphenous vein; ; sural nerve; ; Brodmann area 23; ; mucosa of paranasal sinus; ; tendon of biceps brachii;
	Top expressed in
	sciatic nerve; ; utricle; ; primary motor cortex; ; cingulate gyrus; ; trigeminal ganglion; ; lateral septal nucleus; ; piriform cortex; ; temporal lobe; ; anterior amygdaloid area; ; prefrontal cortex;
	More reference expression data
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	protein binding; GTPase activator activity;
Cellular component	cytoplasm; cytosol; intrinsic component of the cytoplasmic side of the plasma membrane;
Biological process	negative regulation of Ras protein signal transduction; regulation of GTPase activity; signal transduction; MAPK cascade; positive regulation of GTPase activity;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	9462
	226525
	ENSG00000075391
	ENSMUSG00000070565
	Q9UJF2
	n/a
	NM_004841; NM_170692
	NM_177644; NM_001401202
	NP_004832; NP_733793
	n/a
	Wikidata
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Ras GTPase-activating protein nGAP is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the RASAL2 gene.

This gene encodes a protein that contains the GAP-related domain (GRD), a characteristic domain of GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs). GAPs function as activators of Ras superfamily of small GTPases. The protein encoded by this gene is able to complement the defective RasGAP function in a yeast system. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene encoding distinct isoforms have been reported.