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Facts about Transmembrane O-methyltransferase homolog.
Part of the cochlear hair cell's mechanotransduction (MET) machinery. Involved in the assembly of the asymmetric tip-link MET complicated.
| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | Tomt |
| Uniprot: | A1Y9I9 |
| Entrez: | 791260 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| class I-like SAM-binding methyltransferase superfamily |

Transmembrane O-methyltransferase homolog
Mass (kDA):
28.846 kDA

| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 7 E2|7 |
| Sequence: | 7; |
Widely expressed with high levels in outer and inner hair cells of the cochlea and vestibule.

PMID: 18953341 by Ahmed Z.M., et al. Mutations of LRTOMT, a fusion gene with alternative reading frames, cause nonsyndromic deafness in humans.
PMID: 18794526 by Du X., et al. A catechol-O-methyltransferase that is essential for auditory function in mice and humans.