NCIt definition : Human RYK wild-type allele is located within 3q22 and is approximately 94 kb in length.
This allele, which encodes tyrosine-protein kinase RYK protein, plays a role in Wnt-mediated
signaling which regulates developmental processes such as cell proliferation, differentiation
and epithelial-mesenchymal interactions. The RYK gene is overexpressed in epithelial
ovarian cancer.;
NCIt note : The RYK gene undergoes alternative splicing to yield two RNA transcript variants,
which encode distinct isoforms of the tyrosine-protein kinase RYK protein.;