Protein Name folate receptor alpha
Organism Rattus norvegicus
Gene ID 171049
Gene Symbol

Folr1

UniProt G3V8M6 (G3V8M6_RAT)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 8
Total Number of Articles : 8
Description

folate receptor alpha

Gene Summary

Predicted to enable folic acid binding activity; folic acid receptor activity; and signaling receptor activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including circulatory system development; nervous system development; and regulation of signal transduction. Predicted to act upstream of or within folic acid metabolic process. Located in brush border membrane. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in cerebral folate receptor alpha deficiency. Orthologous to human FOLR1 (folate receptor alpha). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2025]

synonyms
  • folate receptor alpha
  • folate binding protein 1
  • folate receptor 1 (adult)
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