Folate receptor alpha

BE0003405ProteinHumansFOLR1

Binds to folate and reduced folic acid derivatives and mediates delivery of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate and folate analogs into the interior of cells (PubMed:19074442, PubMed:23851396, PubMed:23934049, PubMed:2527252, PubMed:8033114, PubMed:8567728). It is acted on by 16 drugs in DrugBank.

Gene name
FOLR1
UniProtKB entry
P15328Swiss-Prot
Cellular location
Cell membrane
Residues / weight
257 residues · 29,819 Da
Also known as
Adult folate-binding protein · FBP · Folate receptor 1 · Folate receptor, adult · FOLR

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What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019

16DrugsApproved to experimental, with action, bond type and pharmacological action
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16Clinical trialsTrials of drugs acting on it, by phase and status
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6GO termsFunction, process and component, as structured annotations
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1Pfam domainDomain architecture mapped to Pfam families and clans
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63+ReferencesStructured and connected to the statements they support
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Which approved drugs act on Folate receptor alpha, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?

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