Protein Name epidermal growth factor
Organism Rattus norvegicus
Gene ID 25313
Gene Symbol

Egf

UniProt P07522 (EGF_RAT)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 217
Total Number of Articles : 218
Description

epidermal growth factor

Gene Summary

Enables epidermal growth factor receptor binding activity. Involved in several processes, including positive regulation of DNA biosynthetic process; positive regulation of ERK1 and ERK2 cascade; and positive regulation of fibroblast proliferation. Acts upstream of or within regulation of protein transport. Located in extracellular space. Used to study perinatal necrotizing enterocolitis. Biomarker of acute kidney failure. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including Zollinger-Ellison syndrome; hepatobiliary system cancer (multiple); high grade glioma (multiple); lung non-small cell carcinoma (multiple); and primary hypomagnesemia (multiple). Orthologous to human EGF (epidermal growth factor). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

synonyms
  • pro-epidermal growth factor
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Properties