LEPROT, Official Symbol LEPROTprovided by HGNC Official Full Name leptin receptor overlapping transcriptprovided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:29477 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000213625 MIM:613461; AllianceGenome:HGNC:29477 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status VALIDATED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as LEPR; VPS55; OBRGRP; OB-RGRP Summary LEPROT is associated with the Golgi complex and endosomes and has a role in cell surface expression of growth hormone receptor (GHR; MIM 600946) and leptin receptor (OBR, or LEPR; MIM 601007), thereby altering receptor-mediated cell signaling (Couturier et al., 2007 [PubMed 18042720]; Touvier et al., 2009 [PubMed 19907080]).[supplied by OMIM, Jul 2010] Expression Ubiquitous expression in fat (RPKM 33.5), kidney (RPKM 30.3) and 25 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all