Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 57348
Gene name Tweety family member 1
Gene symbol TTYH1
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
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Chromosome 19
Chromosome location 19q13.42
Summary This gene encodes a member of the tweety family of proteins. Members of this family function as chloride anion channels. The encoded protein functions as a calcium(2+)-independent, volume-sensitive large conductance chloride(-) channel. Three transcript v
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0000278 Process Mitotic cell cycle IEA
GO:0000902 Process Cell morphogenesis IEA
GO:0005225 Function Volume-sensitive anion channel activity IDA 34385445
GO:0005229 Function Intracellularly calcium-gated chloride channel activity IBA
GO:0005254 Function Chloride channel activity IDA 34385445
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
605784 13476 ENSG00000167614
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
Q9H313
Protein name Protein tweety homolog 1 (hTTY1) (Volume-regulated anion channel subunit TTYH1)
Protein function Calcium-independent, swelling-dependent volume-regulated anion channel (VRAC-swell) which plays a pivotal role in the process of regulatory volume decrease (RVD) in the brain through the efflux of anions like chloride and organic osmolytes like
PDB 7P5J
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF04906 Tweety 26 435 Tweety Family
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in brain, eye, ovary and testis, and at lower levels in muscle, placenta, liver and lung. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17116230}.
Sequence
Sequence length 450
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  Reactome
    Stimuli-sensing channels
Associated diseases Disease associations from ClinVar (causal & non-causal) and other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.).
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Evidence Score: ★☆☆☆☆  Gene-disease association found in Text Mining only ★★☆☆☆  Found in Text Mining and Unknown/Other Associations ★★★☆☆  Reported in Unknown/Other Associations across ≥2 Sources ★★★★☆  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants) ★★★★★  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
Unknown / Other Associations ClinVar entries with uncertain/conflicting evidence, and associations from other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.) where the gene is not established as causal.
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance Source Evidence Score
IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Associations from Text MiningDisease associations identified through Pubtator
Disease Name Relationship Type References Evidence Score
Neoplasms Associate 31181821
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Strabismus Associate 33435129
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms Associate 31974598, 33879671
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only