Species Human Entrez 2350 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000165457 | |
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Aliases FOLR2, BETA-HFR, FBP, FBP/PL-1, FR-BETA, FR-P3, folate receptor beta External IDs MGI: 95569 HomoloGene: 627 GeneCards: FOLR2 | ||
Folate receptor beta is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FOLR2 gene.
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the folate receptor (FOLR) family. Members of this gene family have a high affinity for folic acid and for several reduced folic acid derivatives, and mediate delivery of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate to the interior of cells. This protein has a 68% and 79% sequence homology with the FOLR1 and FOLR3 proteins, respectively. The FOLR2 protein was originally thought to exist only in placenta, but is also detected in spleen, bone marrow, and thymus.
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