FOLR1

ENSG00000110195
Target class
Membrane receptor
Chromosome
11
Approved drugs
1
Clinical candidates (approved and in development)
4

Approved drugs
1
ClinGen gene-disease validity
Definitive
Clinical candidates (approved and in development)
4

Chemical probe available
Yes

Other names
  • FRα
Target name
FOLR1
Gene name
Folate receptor alpha
Gene symbol
FOLR1
Previous gene symbols
  • FOLR
Protein name
Folate receptor alpha (FR-alpha) (Adult folate-binding protein) (FBP) (Folate receptor 1) (Folate receptor, adult) (KB cells FBP) (Ovarian tumor-associated antigen MOv18)

Gene biotype
Protein coding
Target class
Membrane receptor
Target type
Human gene

Tissues expressed in
17
Highest tissue expression
102.8
Tissue specificity (Gini)
0.878
Tissue specificity (tau)
0.955

KEGG gene identifiers
  • hsa:2348
Protein interaction confidence
0.757833
Protein interaction partners
6

  • R-HSA-204005
  • R-HSA-5694530
  • R-HSA-6807878

End position
72196323
Start position
72189558
Chromosome
11
Strand
Forward

Ensembl gene ID
ENSG00000110195
HGNC ID
NCBI Gene ID
2348
UniProt ID
P15328

  • Cell membrane
  • Lipid-anchor, GPI-anchor . Apical cell membrane
  • Lipid-anchor, GPI-anchor . Basolateral cell membrane
  • Lipid-anchor, GPI-like-anchor . Secreted . Cytoplasmic vesicle . Cytoplasmic vesicle, clathrin-coated vesicle . Endosome . Note=Endocytosed into cytoplasmic vesicles and then recycled to the cell membrane. .

Tissue specificity (tau)
0.954649
Expression inequality (Gini)
0.877909

Expression in transcripts per million

Lung
102.8
Minor Salivary Gland
72.43
Kidney - Cortex
49.4
Kidney - Medulla
47.69
Thyroid
32.66

Expression in transcripts per million

  • Lung102.8
  • Minor Salivary Gland72.43
  • Kidney - Cortex49.4
  • Kidney - Medulla47.69
  • Thyroid32.66
  • Stomach10.04
  • Pituitary6.72
  • Fallopian Tube5.55
  • Breast - Mammary Tissue2.5
  • Skin - Sun Exposed (Lower leg)1.97
  • Pancreas1.64
  • Brain - Hippocampus1.16
  • Skin - Not Sun Exposed (Suprapubic)1.16
  • Prostate1.11
  • Adrenal Gland1.03
  • Brain - Substantia nigra1
  • Nerve - Tibial1
  • Brain - Hypothalamus0.89
  • Brain - Spinal cord (cervical c-1)0.81
  • Brain - Caudate (basal ganglia)0.79
  • Brain - Nucleus accumbens (basal ganglia)0.77
  • Brain - Amygdala0.69
  • Cervix - Endocervix0.52
  • Brain - Anterior cingulate cortex (BA24)0.49
  • Testis0.4

And 29 more, listed on the interactive page.

Related records

Trials (53)

Drugs (4)