GFRα

Available protein structures:
PDB	IPR003438 PF02351 (ECOD; PDBsum)
AlphaFold	IPR003438; PF02351;

Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor receptor
Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor receptor
Identifiers
Symbol	GFRα
Pfam	PF02351
InterPro	IPR003438
Membranome	44
PDB
Available protein structures:
PDB	IPR003438 PF02351 (ECOD; PDBsum)
AlphaFold	IPR003438; PF02351;

The GDNF family receptor-α (GFRα) proteins are a group of co-receptors which form complexes with GDNF-family ligands (GFLs) to activate RET, the receptor of the GFLs.^[1] The GFRα co-receptors include the following:

GFRα1 – preference for GDNF
GFRα2 – preference for neurturin
GFRα3 – preference for artemin
GFRα4 – preference for persephin
GFRAL - receptor for GDF15

References

↑ Enokido Y, de Sauvage F, Hongo JA, Ninkina N, Rosenthal A, Buchman VL, Davies AM (September 1998). "GFR alpha-4 and the tyrosine kinase Ret form a functional receptor complex for persephin". Current Biology. 8 (18): 1019–22. doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(07)00422-8. PMID 9740802. S2CID 1669891.

[pmid9740802-1] Enokido Y, de Sauvage F, Hongo JA, Ninkina N, Rosenthal A, Buchman VL, Davies AM (September 1998). "GFR alpha-4 and the tyrosine kinase Ret form a functional receptor complex for persephin". Current Biology. 8 (18): 1019–22. doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(07)00422-8. PMID 9740802. S2CID 1669891.

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Cell signaling: Nervous tissue: Neurotrophic factors
Neurotrophins	NGF BDNF NT-3 NT-4
GDNF family	GDNF Artemin Neurturin Persephin
Ephrins	A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 B1 B2 B3
CNTF family	CNTF LIF IL-6
Other	GMF IGF-1 Neuregulins 1 2 3 4 PACAP VEGF