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KDR kinase insert domain receptor [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

Gene ID: 3791, updated on 14-Nov-2024

Summary

Official Symbol
KDRprovided by HGNC
Official Full Name
kinase insert domain receptorprovided by HGNC
Primary source
HGNC:HGNC:6307
See related
Ensembl:ENSG00000128052 MIM:191306; AllianceGenome:HGNC:6307
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Homo sapiens
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as
FLK1; CD309; VEGFR; VEGFR2
Summary
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a major growth factor for endothelial cells. This gene encodes one of the two receptors of the VEGF. This receptor, known as kinase insert domain receptor, is a type III receptor tyrosine kinase. It functions as the main mediator of VEGF-induced endothelial proliferation, survival, migration, tubular morphogenesis and sprouting. The signalling and trafficking of this receptor are regulated by multiple factors, including Rab GTPase, P2Y purine nucleotide receptor, integrin alphaVbeta3, T-cell protein tyrosine phosphatase, etc.. Mutations of this gene are implicated in infantile capillary hemangiomas. [provided by RefSeq, May 2009]
Expression
Broad expression in placenta (RPKM 44.3), thyroid (RPKM 24.9) and 19 other tissues See more
Orthologs
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Genomic context

See KDR in Genome Data Viewer
Location:
4q12
Exon count:
30
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2024_08 current GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40) 4 NC_000004.12 (55078481..55125595, complement)
RS_2024_08 current T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1) 4 NC_060928.1 (58566962..58614067, complement)
RS_2024_09 previous assembly GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25) 4 NC_000004.11 (55944648..55991762, complement)

Chromosome 4 - NC_000004.12Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC124900703 Neighboring gene RNA, U6 small nuclear 410, pseudogene Neighboring gene RNA, 7SL, cytoplasmic 424, pseudogene Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 1754 Neighboring gene OCT4-NANOG-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr4:55998829-55999442 Neighboring gene NANOG-H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr4:56035898-56036727 Neighboring gene MED14-independent group 3 enhancer GRCh37_chr4:56041662-56042861 Neighboring gene RNA, 7SL, cytoplasmic 822, pseudogene Neighboring gene METTL5 pseudogene 3

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

Expression

  • Project title: HPA RNA-seq normal tissues HPA RNA-seq normal tissues
  • Description: RNA-seq was performed of tissue samples from 95 human individuals representing 27 different tissues in order to determine tissue-specificity of all protein-coding genes
  • BioProject: PRJEB4337
  • Publication: PMID 24309898
  • Analysis date: Wed Apr 4 07:08:55 2018

Bibliography

GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

Phenotypes

Associated conditions

Description Tests
Capillary infantile hemangioma
MedGen: C1865871 OMIM: 602089 GeneReviews: Not available
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EBI GWAS Catalog

Description
Identification of a variant in KDR associated with serum VEGFR2 and pharmacodynamics of pazopanib.
EBI GWAS Catalog

HIV-1 interactions

Protein interactions

Protein Gene Interaction Pubs
Envelope surface glycoprotein gp120 env HIV-1 gp120 downregulates KDR expression in human mesenchymal stem cells PubMed
Nef nef HIV-1 Nef upregulates VEGFR2 and its co-receptor neuropilin-1 and downregulates the expression of semaphorin 3a in podocytes PubMed
Tat tat Inhibition of sigma receptor or VEGFR causes a significant decrease in HIV-1 Tat- and cocaine-induced H2O2 generation in human pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells PubMed
tat Downregulation of ZO-1 by treatment with HIV-1 Tat and cocaine is inhibited by VEGFR-2 or sigma receptor antagonists, suggesting that VEGFR-2 and sigma receptor are involved in the downregulation of ZO-1 by Tat and cocaine in pulmonary cells PubMed
tat Microarray analysis indicates HIV-1 Tat-induced downregulation of kinase insert domain receptor (KDR; VEGFR2) in primary human brain microvascular endothelial cells PubMed
tat HIV-1 Tat-induced upregulation of IL17 expression is dependent upon the VEGFR2 signaling pathway in human primary T cells PubMed
tat Endothelial cell adherent to HIV-1 Tat induces upregulation of VEGFR2, integrin beta(3) subunit, pp60src and recruits VEGFR2, integrin beta(3) subunit, paxillin, focal adhesion kinase, and pp60src to ventral plasma membranes PubMed
tat HIV-1 Tat inhibits the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to endothelial cells by downregulating the expression of VEGF-induced endothelial markers such as Flt-1, KDR and vWF PubMed
tat Adhesion of endothelial cells to HIV-1 Tat triggers a signal transduction pathway, which leads to phosphorylation of VEGFR2 and pp60src and activation of ERK1/2 PubMed
tat The phosphorylation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor type 2 (Flk-1/KDR) induces the ability of Tat to stimulate focal adhesion assembly and the migration of human brain micro vascular endothelial cells (HBMECs) PubMed
tat Sulfated polymannuroguluronate, a novel anti-AIDS drug candidate, greatly arrests Tat-driven KDR phosphorylation and blocks the interaction between Tat and integrin beta1, thus inhibiting the phosphorylation of the kinases FAK, paxillin and MAPKs PubMed
tat Kinase insert domain receptor (a type III receptor tyrosine kinase) 1 is upregulated in HIV-1 Tat and NC cotransfection of HEK 293T cells PubMed
tat VEGFR2 is upregulated by HIV-1 Tat treatment in human epithelial cells PubMed
tat HIV-1 Tat, through its basic region (amino acids 49-57), binds and activates VEGFR-2, an effect associated with Tat-mediated pathogenesis and induction of angiogenesis in AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma PubMed
tat The interaction of HIV-1 Tat with KDR/VEGFR2 is implicated in the activation of ERK1 and ERK2 signaling pathways PubMed
tat The activation of AKT and the protection of Kaposi's sarcoma cells from apoptosis mediated by HIV-1 Tat involves the interaction of Tat with VEGFR2 PubMed
nucleocapsid gag KDR is upregulated in HIV-1 Tat and NC cotransfection of HEK 293T cells PubMed

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Pathways from PubChem

Interactions

Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

General gene information

Markers

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables ATP binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables GPI-linked ephrin receptor activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables Hsp90 protein binding TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
enables boss receptor activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables brain-derived neurotrophic factor receptor activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables cadherin binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
PubMed 
enables coreceptor activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables epidermal growth factor receptor activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables fibroblast growth factor receptor activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables growth factor binding IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
enables growth factor binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
PubMed 
enables hepatocyte growth factor receptor activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables histone H2AXY142 kinase activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables histone H3Y41 kinase activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables identical protein binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
PubMed 
enables insulin receptor activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables insulin-like growth factor receptor activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables integrin binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
PubMed 
enables macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables placental growth factor receptor activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables platelet-derived growth factor alpha-receptor activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables platelet-derived growth factor beta-receptor activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables protein binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
PubMed 
enables protein tyrosine kinase activity EXP
Inferred from Experiment
more info
PubMed 
enables protein tyrosine kinase activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
enables protein tyrosine kinase collagen receptor activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables stem cell factor receptor activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine kinase activity TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
enables transmembrane-ephrin receptor activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables vascular endothelial growth factor binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
PubMed 
enables vascular endothelial growth factor receptor activity IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
enables vascular endothelial growth factor receptor activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in Kit signaling pathway IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in angiogenesis IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in angiogenesis TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
involved_in blood vessel endothelial cell differentiation IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in brain-derived neurotrophic factor receptor signaling pathway IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
acts_upstream_of_or_within branching involved in blood vessel morphogenesis IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
involved_in calcium ion homeostasis IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in cell fate commitment IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in cell migration IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in cell migration involved in sprouting angiogenesis ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
involved_in cell surface receptor protein tyrosine kinase signaling pathway IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in cellular response to hydrogen sulfide IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in cellular response to vascular endothelial growth factor stimulus IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in chromatin remodeling IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in collagen-activated tyrosine kinase receptor signaling pathway IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in embryonic hemopoiesis ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
involved_in endocardium development IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in endothelial cell differentiation IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in endothelium development ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
involved_in ephrin receptor signaling pathway IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in epithelial cell maturation IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in epithelial cell proliferation IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in fibroblast growth factor receptor signaling pathway IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in hepatocyte growth factor receptor signaling pathway IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in insulin receptor signaling pathway IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in insulin-like growth factor receptor signaling pathway IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in lung alveolus development IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in lymph vessel development IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in macrophage colony-stimulating factor signaling pathway IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in mesenchymal cell proliferation IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in multicellular organism development IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in negative regulation of endothelial cell apoptotic process IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in negative regulation of gene expression IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in negative regulation of neuron apoptotic process IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in ovarian follicle development IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in peptidyl-tyrosine autophosphorylation ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
involved_in peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in platelet-derived growth factor receptor-alpha signaling pathway IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in platelet-derived growth factor receptor-beta signaling pathway IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in positive regulation of BMP signaling pathway IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in positive regulation of ERK1 and ERK2 cascade IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of MAPK cascade IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of angiogenesis IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in positive regulation of angiogenesis IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of angiogenesis IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of blood vessel endothelial cell migration IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of cell migration IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in positive regulation of cell migration IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of cell migration involved in sprouting angiogenesis IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of cell population proliferation IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of endothelial cell chemotaxis IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of endothelial cell migration IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of endothelial cell proliferation IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of focal adhesion assembly IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
acts_upstream_of_or_within positive regulation of macroautophagy IGI
Inferred from Genetic Interaction
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of mesenchymal cell proliferation IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
acts_upstream_of_or_within positive regulation of mitochondrial depolarization IGI
Inferred from Genetic Interaction
more info
PubMed 
acts_upstream_of_or_within positive regulation of mitochondrial fission IGI
Inferred from Genetic Interaction
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signal transduction IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signal transduction IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of positive chemotaxis IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of protein phosphorylation IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of stem cell proliferation IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in positive regulation of vasculogenesis ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
involved_in post-embryonic camera-type eye morphogenesis IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in protein autophosphorylation IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in regulation of MAPK cascade IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in regulation of bone development IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in regulation of cell shape IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in regulation of hematopoietic progenitor cell differentiation IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in semaphorin-plexin signaling pathway IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in stem cell proliferation IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in surfactant homeostasis IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signaling pathway IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signaling pathway IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
involved_in vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signaling pathway TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
 
involved_in vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 signaling pathway IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 signaling pathway IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
involved_in vascular endothelial growth factor signaling pathway IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in vascular endothelial growth factor signaling pathway IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
involved_in vascular wound healing IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
involved_in vasculogenesis ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in Golgi apparatus IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
located_in anchoring junction IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
located_in cell junction ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
located_in early endosome ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
located_in endoplasmic reticulum IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
located_in endosome IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
located_in external side of plasma membrane IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
located_in extracellular region IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
located_in membrane raft IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
located_in nucleus IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
is_active_in plasma membrane IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
located_in plasma membrane IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
located_in plasma membrane ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
located_in plasma membrane TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
 
part_of receptor complex IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
located_in sorting endosome ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 

General protein information

Preferred Names
vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2
Names
fetal liver kinase-1
kinase insert domain receptor (a type III receptor tyrosine kinase)
protein-tyrosine kinase receptor Flk-1
soluble VEGFR2
tyrosine kinase growth factor receptor
NP_002244.1

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

Genomic

  1. NG_012004.1 RefSeqGene

    Range
    5001..52115
    Download
    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics), LRG_1198

mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_002253.4NP_002244.1  vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 precursor

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_002244.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    Source sequence(s)
    AC021220, AC111194
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS3497.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    A2RRS0, B5A925, C5IFA0, O60723, P35968, Q14178
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    Q59EB0
    Related
    ENSP00000263923.4, ENST00000263923.5
    Conserved Domains (10) summary
    cd05862
    Location:239326
    Ig1_VEGFR; First immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domain of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor(R)
    cd05864
    Location:348417
    Ig2_VEGFR-2; Second immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domain of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR-2)
    smart00408
    Location:680744
    IGc2; Immunoglobulin C-2 Type
    smart00409
    Location:565661
    IG; Immunoglobulin
    smart00410
    Location:231324
    IG_like; Immunoglobulin like
    pfam07679
    Location:667754
    I-set; Immunoglobulin I-set domain
    cd05103
    Location:8261167
    PTKc_VEGFR2; Catalytic domain of the Protein Tyrosine Kinase, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 2
    pfam07714
    Location:8341160
    Pkinase_Tyr; Protein tyrosine kinase
    pfam13895
    Location:551661
    Ig_2; Immunoglobulin domain
    cl11960
    Location:41109
    Ig; Immunoglobulin domain

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2024_08

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000004.12 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

    Range
    55078481..55125595 complement
    Download
    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

Genomic

  1. NC_060928.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

    Range
    58566962..58614067 complement
    Download
    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)