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Oxt Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Oxt
  • Name
    oxytocin
  • Synonyms
    Oxy
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:97453
    NCBI Gene: 18429
  • Alliance
    gene page
  • Transcription Start Sites
    1 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr2:130418093-130418974 bp, + strand
    From Ensembl annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
    Ensembl | UCSC | NCBI
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 2, 63.24 cM
  • Mapping Data
    7 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    4 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    18
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_97453
 protein coding gene Chr2:130416432-130418974 (+)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0026508
 protein coding gene Chr2:134041221-134042099 (+)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0026472
 protein coding gene Chr2:128615585-128616466 (+)
AKR/J MGP_AKRJ_G0026447
 protein coding gene Chr2:132325230-132326111 (+)
BALB/cJ MGP_BALBcJ_G0026484
 protein coding gene Chr2:128970643-128971518 (+)
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0026227
 protein coding gene Chr2:132755489-132756403 (+)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0026929
 protein coding gene Chr2:138182954-138183837 (+)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0024306
 protein coding gene Chr2:123359618-123360469 (+)
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0025688
 protein coding gene Chr2:133012220-133013126 (+)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0026207
 protein coding gene Chr2:143288049-143289005 (+)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0026341
 protein coding gene Chr2:128002389-128003271 (+)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0026305
 protein coding gene Chr2:126629249-126631529 (+)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0026446
 protein coding gene Chr2:134287324-134288205 (+)
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0026325
 protein coding gene Chr2:147139719-147140615 (+)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0026984
 protein coding gene Chr2:132279524-132280405 (+)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0025424
 protein coding gene Chr2:127558019-127558931 (+)
SPRET/EiJ MGP_SPRETEiJ_G0025226
 protein coding gene Chr2:131402618-131403503 (+)
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0025762
 protein coding gene Chr2:133202242-133203181 (+)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    OXT, oxytocin/neurophysin I prepropeptide
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    3
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    OXT, oxytocin/neurophysin I prepropeptide
  • Synonyms
    OT, OT-NPI, OXT-NPI
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 5020
    neXtProt AC: NX_P01178
    UniProt: P01178

  • Chr Location
    20p13; chr20:3071620-3072517 (+)  GRCh38
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    25 phenotypes from 5 alleles in 6 genetic backgrounds
    11 phenotypes from multigenic genotypes
    121 phenotype references
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

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Female homozygotes for targeted null mutations are unable to release milk for their suckling pups, while mutant males fail to develop social memory and are less aggressive. Both genders exhibit increased salt intake.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
    64
  • GO References
    9
Molecular Function

carbohydrate derivative binding
cytoskeletal protein binding
DNA binding
enzyme regulator
hydrolase
ligase
lipid binding
oxidoreductase
RNA binding
signaling receptor activity
signaling receptor binding
transcription
transferase
transporter
Biological Process

carbohydrate derivative metabolism
cell differentiation
cell population proliferation
cellular component organization
DNA-templated transcription
establishment of localization
homeostatic process
immune system process
lipid metabolic process
programmed cell death
protein metabolic process
response to stimulus
signaling
system development
Cellular Component

cell projection
cytoplasmic vesicle
cytoskeleton
cytosol
endoplasmic reticulum
endosome
extracellular region
Golgi apparatus
mitochondrion
non-membrane-bounded organelle
nucleus
organelle envelope
organelle lumen
plasma membrane
protein-containing complex
synapse
vacuole
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Expression
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Expression Overview

early conceptus
embryo ectoderm
embryo endoderm
embryo mesoderm
embryo mesenchyme
extraembryonic component
alimentary system
auditory system
branchial arches
cardiovascular system
connective tissue
endocrine system
exocrine system
hemolymphoid system
integumental system
limbs
liver and biliary system
musculoskeletal system
nervous system
olfactory system
reproductive system
respiratory system
urinary system
visual system
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  • Assay Results
    766
  • Tissues
    16
  • cDNA Data
    10
  • Literature Summary
    39
  • Comparison Matrix
    Gene Expression + Phenotype
    • Sequences &
    Gene Models
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    Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
    genomic ENSMUSG00000027301 Ensembl Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 882 C57BL/6J ±  kb
    transcript ENSMUST00000028764 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 537 Not Applicable  
    polypeptide ENSMUSP00000028764 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 125 Not Applicable  
    For the selected sequence
    Protein
    Information
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    Molecular
    Reagents
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    • All nucleic 24
      Genomic 12
      cDNA 10
      Other 2

      Microarray probesets 3
    Other
    Accession IDs
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    MGD-MRK-13095, MGD-MRK-13096
    References
    more
    • Summaries
      All 219
      Developmental Gene Expression 39
      Gene Ontology 9
      Phenotypes 121
    • Earliest
      J:109968 Roderick TH, et al., Nineteen paracentric chromosomal inversions in mice. Genetics. 1974 Jan;76(1):109-17
    • Latest
      J:346689 Li H, et al., Single-neuron projectomes of mouse paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus oxytocin neurons reveal mutually exclusive projection patterns. Neuron. 2024 Jan 23;
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    04/09/2024
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