Gene content    
FGF20 ( by HUGO)
Fibroblast Growth Factor
Oncogene
Fibroblast Growth Factor 20
FGF-20
RHDA2
NCBI: 8p22    Ensembl: 8p22
FGF20_HUMANSize: 211 amino acidsMass: 23499 Da

  • Subunit: Homodimer. Interacts with FGFR2 and FGFR4. Affinity between fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) and their receptors is increased by heparan sulfate glycosaminoglycans that function as coreceptors 1 PDB 3D structure from [IMAGE] and Proteopedia [IMAGE] for FGF20: 3F1R (3D) [IMAGE]
  • Tissue specificity: Predominantly expressed in the cerebellum [IMAGE] Pathway & Disease-focused RT2 Profiler PCR Array including FGF20: WNT Signaling Targets in human mouse rat Primer Products: [IMAGE] OriGene qSTAR qPCR primer pairs in human, mouse for FGF20 [IMAGE] Pre-val
  • Function:
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Summary: FGF20_HUMAN, Q9NP95 Function: Neurotrophic factor that regulates central nervous development and function [IMAGE]Summary: [IMAGE] During embryonic development, FGF20 as signaling molecule is secreted from the following cells: Tooth: Primary Enamel Knot Cells (Enamel Knot) It affects the following cells: Head Mesenchyme: Dental Mesenchymal Cells (Branchial Arch 1) Gene Ontology (GO): 2 molecular function terms: About this table GO ID Qualified GO term Evidence PubMed IDs GO:0005104 fibroblast growth factor receptor binding IEA -- GO:0008083 growth factor activity IEA -- [IMAGE] Find genes that share ontologies with FGF20 About GenesLikeMe Phenotypes: 1 GenomeRNAi human phenotype for FGF20: Increased cell death HMECs cel
  • Similarity:
    Belongs to the heparin-binding growth factors family [IMAGE]
  • Protein Domain/Family    
    Source ID Domain Name Type
    InterProIPR002209Fibroblast_GF_famHeparin-binding growth factor/Fibroblast growth factorFamily
    IPR008996Cytokine_IL1-likeCytokine, IL-1 relatedFamily
    BlocksIPB002209Heparin binding growth factor family signatureHeparin binding growth factor family signature
    IPB002348IL1/HBGF family signatureIL1/HBGF family signature

    Gene Ontology    
    Type Term Evidence Source Pub
    Biological Process cell-cell signaling TAS GOA 10913340
    signal transduction TAS GOA 10913340

    FGF20 cross reference    
    PubMed OMIM Entrez Gene NCKU SNP Nucleotide UniProt Genome Data Viewer HomoloGene