Alternative titles; symbols
HGNC Approved Gene Symbol: DISP2
Cytogenetic location: 15q15.1 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38): 15:40,358,219-40,378,621 (from NCBI)
The 'dispatched' (disp) gene is required for long-range hedgehog signaling in Drosophila. By screening mouse cDNA libraries using ESTs identified in database searches, Ma et al. (2002) isolated cDNAs encoding 2 murine homologs of dispatched, which they called Dispa (607502) and Dispb. They predicted that the dispatched proteins all have 12 transmembrane spans with cytoplasmic N and C termini.
The International Radiation Hybrid Mapping Consortium mapped the DISP2 gene to chromosome 15 (RH77781).
Ma, Y., Erkner, A., Gong, R., Yao, S., Taipale, J., Basler, K., Beachy, P. A. Hedgehog-mediated patterning of the mammalian embryo requires transporter-like function of dispatched. Cell 111: 63-75, 2002. [PubMed: 12372301] [Full Text: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0092-8674(02)00977-7]