LAR Polyclonal Antibody

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) family. PTPs are known to be signaling molecules that regulate a variety of cellular processes including cell growth, differentiation, mitotic cycle, and oncogenic transformation. This PTP possesses an extracellular region, a single transmembrane region, and two tandem intracytoplasmic catalytic domains, and thus represents a receptor-type PTP. The extracellular region contains three Ig-like domains, and nine non-Ig like domains similar to that of neural-cell adhesion molecule. This PTP was shown to function in the regulation of epithelial cell-cell contacts at adherents junctions, as well as in the control of beta-catenin signaling. An increased expression level of this protein was found in the insulin-responsive tissue of obese, insulin-resistant individuals, and may contribute to the pathogenesis of insulin resistance. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene, which encode distinct proteins, have been reported. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

LAR; LAR protein; LARFN5C; PTPRF; LARS; LCA homolog; Leukocyte antigen related (LAR) PTP receptor; Leukocyte antigen related; Leukocyte antigen related PTP receptor; Leukocyte antigen related tyrosine phosphatase; Leukocyte common antigen related; Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Receptor Type F; Protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type F polypeptide; Ptprf; PTPRF protein; PTPRF_HUMAN; Receptor linked protein tyrosine phosphatase LAR; Receptor type tyrosine protein phosphatase F; Receptor type tyrosine protein phosphatase F precursor; Receptor-type tyrosine-protein phosphatase F.