Primary Identifier | MGI:109137 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 13 | NCBI Gene Number | 19418 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Predicted to enable guanyl-nucleotide exchange factor activity. Involved in postsynaptic modulation of chemical synaptic transmission. Acts upstream of or within long-term synaptic potentiation and regulation of NMDA receptor activity. Is active in glutamatergic synapse. Is expressed in brain; hypothalamus mantle layer; medulla oblongata basal plate mantle layer; and pons mantle layer. Orthologous to human RASGRF2 (Ras protein specific guanine nucleotide releasing factor 2). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a targeted null mutation exhibit decreased Il2 and TNF-alpha production in stimulated T cells. Mice homozygous for mutations in both Rasgrf1 and Rasgrf2 exhibit no additional abnormalities than those observed in the Rasgrf1 mutant mice. [provided by MGI curators] |