Arhgap15 - Rho GTPase activating protein 15 Gene

The protein encoded by this gene is a RAC GTPase-activating protein that is regulated through its PH domain and by recruitment to the membrane. The protein accelerates hydrolysis of guanosine triphosphate to guanosine diphosphate to repress Rac activity. Knock-out of Arhgap15 function demonstrates that this gene is required to regulate multiple functions in macrophages and neutrophils. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2014]