Protein Name farnesyltransferase, CAAX box, subunit alpha
Organism Rattus norvegicus
Gene ID 25318
Gene Symbol

Fnta

UniProt Q04631 (FNTA_RAT), Q5RKJ4 (Q5RKJ4_RAT)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 2
Total Number of Articles : 1
Description

farnesyltransferase, CAAX box, subunit alpha

Gene Summary

Contributes to several functions, including peptide binding activity; protein prenyltransferase activity; and zinc ion binding activity. Involved in negative regulation of apoptotic process; positive regulation of cell cycle; and positive regulation of cell population proliferation. Part of CAAX-protein geranylgeranyltransferase complex. Orthologous to human FNTA (farnesyltransferase, CAAX box, subunit alpha). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

synonyms
  • protein farnesyltransferase/geranylgeranyltransferase type-1 subunit alpha
  • CAAX farnesyltransferase subunit alpha
  • FTase-alpha
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Properties