This gene is a member of the Src family of protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs). The encoded protein contains N-terminal sites for myristoylation and palmitoylation, a PTK domain, and SH2 and SH3 domains which are involved in mediating protein-protein interactions with phosphotyrosine-containing and proline-rich motifs, respectively. The protein localizes to plasma membrane ruffles, and functions as a negative regulator of cell migration and adhesion triggered by the beta-2 integrin signal transduction pathway. Infection with Epstein-Barr virus results in the overexpression of this gene. Multiple alternatively spliced variants, encoding the same protein, have been identified.[2]
Discovery
The feline version of this gene was discovered by Suraiya Rasheed, Murray Gardner, and co-workers.[3]
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↑Finan PM, Soames CJ, Wilson L, Nelson DL, Stewart DM, Truong O, Hsuan JJ, Kellie S (Oct 1996). "Identification of regions of the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein responsible for association with selected Src homology 3 domains". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271 (42): 26291–5. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.42.26291. PMID8824280.
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Patel MS, Mankoo BS, Brickell PM (Apr 1992). "A polymorphic microsatellite repeat is located close to the promoter region of the c-fgr proto-oncogene (FGR) at chromosome 1p36.2-p36.1". Human Molecular Genetics. 1 (1): 65. doi:10.1093/hmg/1.1.65-a. PMID1339476.
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Biondi A, Paganin C, Rossi V, Benvestito S, Perlmutter RM, Mantovani A, Allavena P (Mar 1991). "Expression of lineage-restricted protein tyrosine kinase genes in human natural killer cells". European Journal of Immunology. 21 (3): 843–6. doi:10.1002/eji.1830210348. PMID1826268.
Inoue K, Ikawa S, Semba K, Sukegawa J, Yamamoto T, Toyoshima K (1988). "Isolation and sequencing of cDNA clones homologous to the v-fgr oncogene from a human B lymphocyte cell line, IM-9". Oncogene. 1 (3): 301–4. PMID3330776.
Nishizawa M, Semba K, Yamamoto T, Toyoshima K (Mar 1985). "Human c-f gr gene does not contain coding sequence for actin-like protein". Japanese Journal of Cancer Research. 76 (3): 155–9. PMID3922831.
