Gene description for CFTR
Gene name cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (ATP-binding cassette sub-family C, member 7)
Gene symbol CFTR
Other names/aliases ABC35
ABCC7
CF
CFTR/MRP
MRP7
TNR-CFTR
dJ760C5.1
Species Homo sapiens
 Database cross references - CFTR
ExoCarta ExoCarta_1080
Entrez Gene 1080
HGNC 1884
MIM 602421
UniProt P13569  
 CFTR identified in exosomes derived from the following tissue/cell type
Mesenchymal stem cells Unpublished / Not applicable
 Gene ontology annotations for CFTR
Molecular Function
    enzyme binding GO:0019899 IPI
    ATP-binding and phosphorylation-dependent chloride channel activity GO:0005224 TAS
    chloride channel inhibitor activity GO:0019869 IDA
    bicarbonate transmembrane transporter activity GO:0015106 ISS
    ATP binding GO:0005524 IEA
    chloride channel activity GO:0005254 IDA
    chloride transmembrane transporter activity GO:0015108 ISS
    PDZ domain binding GO:0030165 IDA
    protein binding GO:0005515 IPI
    channel-conductance-controlling ATPase activity GO:0005260 NAS
Biological Process
    intracellular pH elevation GO:0051454 ISS
    bicarbonate transport GO:0015701 IEA
    chloride transmembrane transport GO:1902476 TAS
    response to cytokine GO:0034097 IEA
    water transport GO:0006833 IEA
    positive regulation of voltage-gated chloride channel activity GO:1902943 IDA
    transmembrane transport GO:0055085 TAS
    transport GO:0006810 TAS
    response to estrogen GO:0043627 IEA
    small GTPase mediated signal transduction GO:0007264 TAS
    cholesterol transport GO:0030301 IEA
    response to drug GO:0042493 IEA
    sperm capacitation GO:0048240 ISS
    transepithelial chloride transport GO:0030321 IEA
    response to peptide hormone GO:0043434 IEA
    lung development GO:0030324 IEA
    iodide transport GO:0015705 IEA
    vasodilation GO:0042311 IEA
    cellular response to cAMP GO:0071320 ISS
    respiratory gaseous exchange GO:0007585 TAS
    cholesterol biosynthetic process GO:0006695 IEA
    membrane hyperpolarization GO:0060081 ISS
    positive regulation of vasodilation GO:0045909 IEA
    cellular response to hormone stimulus GO:0032870 IEA
Subcellular Localization
    endoplasmic reticulum Sec complex GO:0031205 IDA
    chloride channel complex GO:0034707 IEA
    plasma membrane GO:0005886 TAS
    Golgi-associated vesicle membrane GO:0030660 TAS
    early endosome GO:0005769 IDA
    basolateral plasma membrane GO:0016323 NAS
    cell surface GO:0009986 IDA
    cytoplasm GO:0005737 IDA
    apical plasma membrane GO:0016324 IDA
    lysosomal membrane GO:0005765 TAS
    early endosome membrane GO:0031901 IEA
    extracellular exosome GO:0070062 IDA
    protein complex GO:0043234 IDA
    microvillus GO:0005902 IEA
    recycling endosome GO:0055037 IDA
 Experiment description of studies that identified CFTR in exosomes
1
Experiment ID 126
ISEV standards
EV Biophysical techniques
GAPDH
EV Cytosolic markers
EV Membrane markers
EV Negative markers
EV Particle analysis
Identified molecule protein
Identification method Mass spectrometry [LTQ-FT Ultra]
PubMed ID Unpublished / Not applicable
Organism Homo sapiens
Experiment description Mesenchymal Stem Cell Exosomes: The Future MSC-based Therapy?
Authors Ruenn Chai Lai, Ronne Wee Yeh Yeo, Soon Sim Tan, Bin Zhang, Yijun Yin, Newman Siu Kwan Sze, Andre Choo, and Sai Kiang Lim
Journal name Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy
Publication year 2011
Sample Mesenchymal stem cells
Sample name huES9.E1
Isolation/purification methods HPLC
Flotation density -
Molecules identified in the study Protein
Methods used in the study Western blotting
Antobody array
Mass spectrometry
 Protein-protein interactions for CFTR
  Protein Interactor ExoCarta ID Identification method PubMed Species
1 SLC9A6  
Invivo Homo sapiens
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 Pathways in which CFTR is involved
PathwayEvidenceSource
ABC-family proteins mediated transport TAS Reactome
RHO GTPases regulate CFTR trafficking TAS Reactome





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