Castor2 cytosolic arginine sensor for mTORC1 subunit 2 [ Mus musculus (house mouse) ]
Source: NCBI Gene (ID 80909)
Source: NCBI Gene (ID 80909)
Symbol: Castor2
Full name: cytosolic arginine sensor for mTORC1 subunit 2
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: PROVISIONAL
Organism: Mus musculus
Also known as: 7530428J21Rik; Gats; Gatsl1; Gatsl2
Summary: Predicted to enable identical protein binding activity. Predicted to be involved in cellular response to L-arginine and negative regulation of TORC1 signaling. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Predicted to be part of GATOR2 complex. Predicted to be active in cytosol. Orthologous to several human genes including CASTOR2 (cytosolic arginine sensor for mTORC1 subunit 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]
Expression: Ubiquitous expression in kidney adult (RPKM 8.6), frontal lobe adult (RPKM 7.4) and 24 other tissues
Orthologs: human
Gene size: 42035bp
Exon count: 9