Entrez Summary: Members of the dystrophin family of proteins perform a critical role in the maintenance of membrane-associated complexes at points of intercellular contact in vertebrate cells. The protein encoded by this gene is predicted to resemble certain short C-terminal isoforms of dystrophin and dystrophin-related protein 1 (DRP1 or utrophin). DRP2 is expressed principally in the brain and spinal cord. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2010].
UniProt Summary: Required for normal myelination and for normal organization of the cytoplasm and the formation of Cajal bands in myelinating Schwann cells. Required for normal PRX location at appositions between the abaxonal surface of the myelin sheath and the Schwann cell plasma membrane. Possibly involved in membrane- cytoskeleton interactions of the central nervous system. {ECO:0000250, ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q05AA6}.
Pfam DomainsGO Terms
Pfam Domains
WW
efhand 1
efhand 2
Spectrin
ZZ
GO Terms
perikaryon
postsynaptic membrane
postsynaptic density
synapse organization
glutamatergic synapse
dendrite
cell junction
zinc ion binding
central nervous system development
CRISPR Data
Compound HitMost Correlated Genes in ChemogenomicsTissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)