Gene description for RET
Gene name ret proto-oncogene
Gene symbol RET
Other names/aliases CDHF12
CDHR16
HSCR1
MEN2A
MEN2B
MTC1
PTC
RET-ELE1
RET51
Species Homo sapiens
 Database cross references - RET
ExoCarta ExoCarta_5979
Vesiclepedia VP_5979
Entrez Gene 5979
HGNC 9967
MIM 164761
UniProt P07949  
 RET identified in exosomes derived from the following tissue/cell type
Neuroblastoma cells 25944692    
 Gene ontology annotations for RET
Molecular Function
    protein tyrosine kinase activity GO:0004713 TAS
    transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine kinase activity GO:0004714 IBA
    transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine kinase activity GO:0004714 IDA
    transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine kinase activity GO:0004714 TAS
    GPI-linked ephrin receptor activity GO:0005004 IEA
    transmembrane-ephrin receptor activity GO:0005005 IEA
    epidermal growth factor receptor activity GO:0005006 IEA
    fibroblast growth factor receptor activity GO:0005007 IEA
    hepatocyte growth factor receptor activity GO:0005008 IEA
    insulin receptor activity GO:0005009 IEA
    insulin-like growth factor receptor activity GO:0005010 IEA
    macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor activity GO:0005011 IEA
    platelet-derived growth factor alpha-receptor activity GO:0005018 IEA
    platelet-derived growth factor beta-receptor activity GO:0005019 IEA
    stem cell factor receptor activity GO:0005020 IEA
    vascular endothelial growth factor receptor activity GO:0005021 IEA
    calcium ion binding GO:0005509 IDA
    protein binding GO:0005515 IPI
    ATP binding GO:0005524 IEA
    boss receptor activity GO:0008288 IEA
    histone H3Y41 kinase activity GO:0035401 IEA
    placental growth factor receptor activity GO:0036332 IEA
    signaling receptor activity GO:0038023 TAS
    protein tyrosine kinase collagen receptor activity GO:0038062 IEA
    brain-derived neurotrophic factor receptor activity GO:0060175 IEA
    histone H2AXY142 kinase activity GO:0140801 IEA
Biological Process
    MAPK cascade GO:0000165 IEA
    ureteric bud development GO:0001657 IEA
    neural crest cell migration GO:0001755 IEA
    embryonic epithelial tube formation GO:0001838 IEA
    chromatin remodeling GO:0006338 IEA
    protein phosphorylation GO:0006468 TAS
    homophilic cell adhesion via plasma membrane adhesion molecules GO:0007156 IEA
    neuron cell-cell adhesion GO:0007158 IMP
    signal transduction GO:0007165 TAS
    cell surface receptor protein tyrosine kinase signaling pathway GO:0007169 IBA
    epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway GO:0007173 IEA
    multicellular organism development GO:0007275 IBA
    axon guidance GO:0007411 TAS
    posterior midgut development GO:0007497 TAS
    insulin receptor signaling pathway GO:0008286 IEA
    fibroblast growth factor receptor signaling pathway GO:0008543 IEA
    response to xenobiotic stimulus GO:0009410 IEA
    positive regulation of gene expression GO:0010628 IEA
    positive regulation of neuron projection development GO:0010976 IMP
    positive regulation of neuron maturation GO:0014042 IEA
    regulation of cell adhesion GO:0030155 IDA
    positive regulation of cell migration GO:0030335 IDA
    brain-derived neurotrophic factor receptor signaling pathway GO:0031547 IEA
    membrane protein proteolysis GO:0033619 IDA
    positive regulation of cell adhesion mediated by integrin GO:0033630 IDA
    platelet-derived growth factor receptor-alpha signaling pathway GO:0035790 IEA
    platelet-derived growth factor receptor-beta signaling pathway GO:0035791 IEA
    ureter maturation GO:0035799 IEA
    glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor receptor signaling pathway GO:0035860 IDA
    vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 signaling pathway GO:0036323 IEA
    collagen-activated tyrosine kinase receptor signaling pathway GO:0038063 IEA
    vascular endothelial growth factor signaling pathway GO:0038084 IEA
    Kit signaling pathway GO:0038109 IEA
    macrophage colony-stimulating factor signaling pathway GO:0038145 IEA
    neuron maturation GO:0042551 IEA
    positive regulation of MAPK cascade GO:0043410 IDA
    positive regulation of MAPK cascade GO:0043410 IMP
    positive regulation of cell size GO:0045793 IEA
    positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription GO:0045893 ISS
    insulin-like growth factor receptor signaling pathway GO:0048009 IEA
    hepatocyte growth factor receptor signaling pathway GO:0048012 IEA
    ephrin receptor signaling pathway GO:0048013 IEA
    response to pain GO:0048265 ISS
    enteric nervous system development GO:0048484 IEA
    regulation of axonogenesis GO:0050770 IEA
    positive regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signal transduction GO:0051897 IMP
    retina development in camera-type eye GO:0060041 IEA
    innervation GO:0060384 IEA
    Peyer's patch morphogenesis GO:0061146 ISS
    cellular response to retinoic acid GO:0071300 IMP
    positive regulation of metanephric glomerulus development GO:0072300 ISS
    lymphocyte migration into lymphoid organs GO:0097021 ISS
    GDF15-GFRAL signaling pathway GO:0160144 IDA
    positive regulation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity GO:2001056 IMP
    positive regulation of extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway in absence of ligand GO:2001241 IMP
    positive regulation of extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway in absence of ligand GO:2001241 TAS
Subcellular Localization
    early endosome GO:0005769 IEA
    plasma membrane GO:0005886 IBA
    plasma membrane GO:0005886 IDA
    plasma membrane GO:0005886 IDA
    plasma membrane GO:0005886 TAS
    endosome membrane GO:0010008 IDA
    axon GO:0030424 IBA
    dendrite GO:0030425 IEA
    neuronal cell body GO:0043025 IEA
    receptor complex GO:0043235 IBA
    receptor complex GO:0043235 IDA
    plasma membrane protein complex GO:0098797 IDA
 Experiment description of studies that identified RET in exosomes
1
Experiment ID 224
MISEV standards
EM|AFM
Biophysical techniques
Alix|TSG101|CD63|CD81
Enriched markers
GOLGA2
Negative markers
Particle analysis
Identified molecule protein
Identification method Mass spectrometry
PubMed ID 25944692    
Organism Homo sapiens
Experiment description Proteogenomic analysis reveals exosomes are more oncogenic than ectosomes
Authors "Keerthikumar S, Gangoda L, Liem M, Fonseka P, Atukorala I, Ozcitti C, Mechler A, Adda CG, Ang CS, Mathivanan S"
Journal name Oncotarget
Publication year 2015
Sample Neuroblastoma cells
Sample name SH-SY5Y
Isolation/purification methods Differential centrifugation
Ultracentrifugation
OptiPrep density gradient
Flotation density 1.10 g/mL
Molecules identified in the study Protein
Methods used in the study Mass spectrometry
Western blotting
 Protein-protein interactions for RET
  Protein Interactor ExoCarta ID Identification method PubMed Species
1 RNF149 284996
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
2 PTPRF 5792
Reconstituted Complex Homo sapiens
3 MCRS1  
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
4 ZCCHC8 55596
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
5 NOTCH2NL 388677
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
6 MANEA 79694
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
7 PDLIM7 9260
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
8 DOK2 9046
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
9 NOTCH3 4854
Reconstituted Complex Homo sapiens
10 ACVR2A  
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
11 ERBB2 2064
PCA Homo sapiens
12 ICE2  
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
13 NEDD4 4734
Reconstituted Complex Homo sapiens
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
14 HIST1H3A 8350
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
15 GRB2 2885
Reconstituted Complex Homo sapiens
Reconstituted Complex Homo sapiens
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
16 SHC1 6464
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
Reconstituted Complex Homo sapiens
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
17 PLEKHH3  
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
18 BAG6 7917
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
19 DUSP26 78986
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
20 TMEM214 54867
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
21 GPR50  
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
22 DOK5  
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
Reconstituted Complex Homo sapiens
23 DOK6  
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
24 CRK 1398
Reconstituted Complex Homo sapiens
Co-localization Homo sapiens
25 LEMD3  
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
26 IKBKG 8517
Reconstituted Complex Homo sapiens
27 DOK4 55715
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
28 MAPK3 5595
Co-localization Homo sapiens
29 SMIM5  
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
30 HNRNPD 3184
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
31 EGFR 1956
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
PCA Homo sapiens
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
32 BMPR1A 657
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
33 GRB10 2887
Reconstituted Complex Homo sapiens
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
Reconstituted Complex Homo sapiens
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
34 RET 5979
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
35 HSP90AA1 3320
Affinity Capture-Luminescence Homo sapiens
36 NRTN  
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
37 MAPK1 5594
Co-localization Homo sapiens
38 GFRA1 2674
Reconstituted Complex Homo sapiens
Reconstituted Complex Homo sapiens
39 SHANK2 22941
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
40 CBL 867
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
Far Western Homo sapiens
41 PDZD8 118987
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
42 GRB7 2886
Reconstituted Complex Homo sapiens
Far Western Homo sapiens
43 ZBTB48  
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
44 SGTB  
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
45 DOK1 1796
Reconstituted Complex Homo sapiens
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
46 PTK2 5747
Co-localization Homo sapiens
47 RABAC1 10567
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
48 SDF2L1 23753
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
49 NTRK1 4914
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
50 FRS2 10818
Reconstituted Complex Homo sapiens
51 SORT1 6272
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
52 KIAA1715 80856
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
53 SYNCRIP 10492
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
54 KYNU  
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
55 TIMP1 7076
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
56 PTPRR  
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
57 SRC 6714
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
58 SRY  
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
59 AIP 9049
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
PCA Homo sapiens
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
60 STAT3 6774
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
Co-localization Homo sapiens
61 PLCG1 5335
Reconstituted Complex Homo sapiens
Co-localization Homo sapiens
62 TXNL4A 10907
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
63 EPHB4 2050
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
64 CBLC  
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
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