GIT2

G protein-coupled receptor kinase interacting ArfGAP 2
Identifiers
SymbolsGIT2 ; CAT-2; CAT2
External IDsOMIM: 608564 MGI: 1347053 HomoloGene: 41336 GeneCards: GIT2 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez981526431
EnsemblENSG00000139436ENSMUSG00000041890
UniProtQ14161Q9JLQ2
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001135213NM_001077359
RefSeq (protein)NP_001128685NP_001070827
Location (UCSC)Chr 12:
110.37 – 110.43 Mb
Chr 5:
114.73 – 114.78 Mb
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ARF GTPase-activating protein GIT2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GIT2 gene.[1][2][3]

This gene encodes a member of the GIT protein family. GIT proteins interact with G protein-coupled receptor kinases and possess ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF) GTPase-activating protein (GAP) activity. This gene undergoes extensive alternative splicing; although ten transcript variants have been described, the full length sequence has been determined for only four variants. The various isoforms have functional differences, with respect to ARF GAP activity and to G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 binding.[3]

Model organisms

Model organisms have been used in the study of GIT2 function. A conditional knockout mouse line, called Git2Gt(XG510)Byg[11][12] was generated as part of the International Knockout Mouse Consortium program — a high-throughput mutagenesis project to generate and distribute animal models of disease to interested scientists — at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.[13][14][15]

Male and female animals underwent a standardized phenotypic screen to determine the effects of deletion.[9][16] Mice lacking Git2 had no significant defects in viability or fertility,[17][18] so further tests were carried out and four significant phenotypes were reported:[9][16]

Interactions

GIT2 has been shown to interact with GIT1.[19]

References

  1. Premont RT, Claing A, Vitale N, Freeman JL, Pitcher JA, Patton WA, Moss J, Vaughan M, Lefkowitz RJ (Dec 1998). "beta2-Adrenergic receptor regulation by GIT1, a G protein-coupled receptor kinase-associated ADP ribosylation factor GTPase-activating protein". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 95 (24): 14082–7. doi:10.1073/pnas.95.24.14082. PMC 24330. PMID 9826657.
  2. Premont RT, Claing A, Vitale N, Perry SJ, Lefkowitz RJ (Aug 2000). "The GIT family of ADP-ribosylation factor GTPase-activating proteins. Functional diversity of GIT2 through alternative splicing". J Biol Chem 275 (29): 22373–80. doi:10.1074/jbc.275.29.22373. PMID 10896954.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: GIT2 G protein-coupled receptor kinase interactor 2".
  4. "Hot plate data for Git2". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
  5. "DEXA data for Git2". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
  6. "Eye morphology data for Git2". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
  7. "Clinical chemistry data for Git2". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
  8. "Haematology data for Git2". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Gerdin AK (2010). "The Sanger Mouse Genetics Programme: High throughput characterisation of knockout mice". Acta Ophthalmologica 88: 925–7. doi:10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.4142.x.
  10. Mouse Resources Portal, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
  11. "International Knockout Mouse Consortium".
  12. "Mouse Genome Informatics".
  13. Skarnes, W. C.; Rosen, B.; West, A. P.; Koutsourakis, M.; Bushell, W.; Iyer, V.; Mujica, A. O.; Thomas, M.; Harrow, J.; Cox, T.; Jackson, D.; Severin, J.; Biggs, P.; Fu, J.; Nefedov, M.; De Jong, P. J.; Stewart, A. F.; Bradley, A. (2011). "A conditional knockout resource for the genome-wide study of mouse gene function". Nature 474 (7351): 337–342. doi:10.1038/nature10163. PMC 3572410. PMID 21677750.
  14. Dolgin E (June 2011). "Mouse library set to be knockout". Nature 474 (7351): 262–3. doi:10.1038/474262a. PMID 21677718.
  15. Collins FS, Rossant J, Wurst W (January 2007). "A mouse for all reasons". Cell 128 (1): 9–13. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.12.018. PMID 17218247.
  16. 16.0 16.1 van der Weyden L, White JK, Adams DJ, Logan DW (2011). "The mouse genetics toolkit: revealing function and mechanism.". Genome Biol 12 (6): 224. doi:10.1186/gb-2011-12-6-224. PMC 3218837. PMID 21722353.
  17. Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. "Viability at Weaning Data for Git2". Mouse Resources Portal. www.sanger.ac.uk.
  18. Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. "Fertility Data for Git2". Mouse Resources Portal. www.sanger.ac.uk.
  19. Kim, Seho; Ko Jaewon, Shin Hyewon, Lee Jae-Ran, Lim Chunghun, Han Jin-Hee, Altrock Wilko D, Garner Craig C, Gundelfinger Eckart D, Premont Richard T, Kaang Bong-Kiun, Kim Eunjoon (Feb 2003). "The GIT family of proteins forms multimers and associates with the presynaptic cytomatrix protein Piccolo". J. Biol. Chem. (United States) 278 (8): 6291–300. doi:10.1074/jbc.M212287200. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 12473661.

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