TAFAZZIN (tafazzin, phospholipid-lysophospholipid transacylase)
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Entrez ID
Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
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6901 |
Gene name
Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
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Tafazzin, phospholipid-lysophospholipid transacylase |
Gene symbol
Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
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TAFAZZIN |
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
Gene synonyms aliases
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BTHS, CMD3A, EFE, EFE2, G4.5, LVNCX, TAZ, Taz1 |
Disease Acronyms (UniProt)
Disease acronyms from UniProt database
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BTHS |
Chromosome
Chromosome number
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X |
Chromosome location
Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
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Xq28 |
Summary
Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
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This gene encodes a protein that is expressed at high levels in cardiac and skeletal muscle. Mutations in this gene have been associated with a number of clinical disorders including Barth syndrome, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), hypertrophic DCM, endocard |
SNPs
SNP information provided by dbSNP.
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Gene ontology (GO)
Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
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Other IDs
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Protein | |||||||||||
UniProt ID | Q16635 | ||||||||||
Protein name | Tafazzin (Taz) (EC 2.3.1.-) (Protein G4.5) | ||||||||||
Protein function | Acyltransferase required to remodel newly synthesized phospholipid cardiolipin (1',3'-bis-[1,2-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho]-glycerol or CL), a key component of the mitochondrial inner membrane, with tissue specific acyl chains necessary for adeq | ||||||||||
Family and domains |
Pfam
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Tissue specificity | TISSUE SPECIFICITY: High levels in cardiac and skeletal muscle. Up to 10 isoforms can be present in different amounts in different tissues. Most isoforms are ubiquitous. Isoforms that lack the N-terminus are found in leukocytes and fibroblasts, but not in | ||||||||||
Sequence |
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Sequence length | 292 | ||||||||||
Interactions | View interactions |
Pathways
Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
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Associated diseases
Disease information provided by ClinVar, GenCC, and GWAS databases.
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