EQTN

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
EQTN
Identifiers
AliasesEQTN, AFAF, C9orf11, SPACA8, equatorin
External IDsOMIM: 617653; MGI: 1915003; HomoloGene: 75250; GeneCards: EQTN; OMA:EQTN - orthologs
Gene location (Mouse)
Chromosome 4 (mouse)
Chr.Chromosome 4 (mouse)[1]
Chromosome 4 (mouse)
Genomic location for EQTN
Genomic location for EQTN
Band4|4 C5Start94,795,504 bp[1]
End94,817,080 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern
Bgee
HumanMouse (ortholog)
Top expressed in
  • sperm

  • corpus callosum

  • gastric mucosa

  • right lung

  • rectum

  • left uterine tube

  • tibial nerve

  • body of stomach

  • left coronary artery

  • substantia nigra
Top expressed in
  • spermatid

  • seminiferous tubule

  • spermatocyte

  • lumbar subsegment of spinal cord

  • embryo

  • embryo

  • muscle of thigh

  • superior frontal gyrus

  • primary visual cortex

  • upper arm
More reference expression data
BioGPS
n/a
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

54586

67753

Ensembl

n/a

ENSMUSG00000028575

UniProt

Q9NQ60

Q9D9V2

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001161585
NM_020641

NM_001290623
NM_027089

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001155057
NP_065692

NP_001277552
NP_081365

Location (UCSC)n/aChr 4: 94.8 – 94.82 Mb
PubMed search[2][3]
Wikidata
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Equatorin, sperm acrosome associated is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EQTN gene.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000028575 – Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Entrez Gene: Equatorin, sperm acrosome associated".

Further reading

  • Ruiz A, Pujana MA, Estivill X (December 2000). "Isolation and characterisation of a novel human gene (C9orf11) on chromosome 9p21, a region frequently deleted in human cancer". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1517 (1): 128–34. doi:10.1016/S0167-4781(00)00272-4. PMID 11118625.
  • Li YC, Hu XQ, Zhang KY, Guo J, Hu ZY, Tao SX, Xiao LJ, Wang QZ, Han CS, Liu YX (July 2006). "Afaf, a novel vesicle membrane protein, is related to acrosome formation in murine testis". FEBS Letters. 580 (17): 4266–73. doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2006.06.010. PMID 16831425. S2CID 43408857.
  • Laaksovirta H, Peuralinna T, Schymick JC, Scholz SW, Lai SL, Myllykangas L, Sulkava R, Jansson L, Hernandez DG, Gibbs JR, Nalls MA, Heckerman D, Tienari PJ, Traynor BJ (October 2010). "Chromosome 9p21 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Finland: a genome-wide association study". The Lancet. Neurology. 9 (10): 978–85. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(10)70184-8. PMC 2965392. PMID 20801718.
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