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Facts about Caytaxin.
Alternatively, may modulate the localization of mitochondria within axons and dendrites. .
Mouse | |
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Gene Name: | Atcay |
Uniprot: | Q8BHE3 |
Entrez: | 16467 |
Belongs to: |
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No superfamily |
Ataxia cayman type protein; ataxia, cerebellar, Cayman type; BNIP-H; caytaxin; CLAC; KIAA1872Cayman ataxia
Mass (kDA):
42.178 kDA
Mouse | |
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Location: | 10 C1|10 39.72 cM |
Sequence: | 10; |
Neuronal tissues specific. Strongly expressed in brain. Expressed in virtually all parts of the adult brain, including cortex, cerebellum and olfactory bulbs. Enriched in hippocampus, cerebellar cortex, deep cerebellar nuclei, and pontine nuclei (at protein level).
PMID: 14556008 by Bomar J.M., et al. Mutations in a novel gene encoding a CRAL-TRIO domain cause human Cayman ataxia and ataxia/dystonia in the jittery mouse.
PMID: 16899818 by Buschdorf J.P., et al. Brain-specific BNIP-2-homology protein Caytaxin relocalises glutaminase to neurite terminals and reduces glutamate levels.