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Fxn Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Fxn
  • Name
    frataxin
  • Synonyms
    Frda
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:1096879
    NCBI Gene: 14297
  • Alliance
    gene page
  • Transcription Start Sites
    1 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr19:24238817-24257969 bp, - strand
    From Ensembl annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
    Ensembl | UCSC | NCBI
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 19, 19.39 cM, cytoband C1
  • Mapping Data
    1 experiment
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    261 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    18
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_1096879
 protein coding gene Chr19:24236909-24257969 (-)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0024993
 protein coding gene Chr19:22475434-22499502 (-)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0024970
 protein coding gene Chr19:21243902-21263646 (-)
AKR/J MGP_AKRJ_G0024940
 protein coding gene Chr19:22053113-22071586 (-)
BALB/cJ MGP_BALBcJ_G0024969
 protein coding gene Chr19:21291353-21313315 (-)
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0024726
 protein coding gene Chr19:22006685-22032960 (-)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0025410
 protein coding gene Chr19:23179649-23204775 (-)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0022829
 protein coding gene Chr19:21415695-21433073 (-)
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0024195
 protein coding gene Chr19:21761102-21781494 (-)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0024704
 protein coding gene Chr19:24214485-24234456 (-)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0024836
 protein coding gene Chr19:21247315-21269059 (-)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0024797
 protein coding gene Chr19:21119305-21139492 (-)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0024920
 protein coding gene Chr19:22424661-22452428 (-)
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0024824
 protein coding gene Chr19:24223535-24252784 (-)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0025465
 protein coding gene Chr19:22054122-22074194 (-)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0023943
 protein coding gene Chr19:20849673-20873312 (-)
SPRET/EiJ MGP_SPRETEiJ_G0023748
 protein coding gene Chr19:21286544-21307742 (-)
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0024262
 protein coding gene Chr19:22084529-22112179 (-)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    FXN, frataxin
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    3
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    FXN, frataxin
  • Synonyms
    CyaY, FA, FARR, FRDA, X25
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 2395
    neXtProt AC: NX_Q16595
    UniProt: Q16595

  • Chr Location
    9q21.11; chr9:69035751-69079076 (+)  GRCh38
Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    1 with Fxn mouse models; 4 with human FXN associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
IDs
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IDs
IDs
IDs
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  • Mutations/Alleles
    5 with disease annotations
  • References
    5 with disease annotations
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    63 phenotypes from 6 alleles in 3 genetic backgrounds
    24 phenotypes from multigenic genotypes
    88 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

Click cells to view annotations.
Homozygotes for a targeted null mutation exhibit early post-implantation lethality, in the absence of intramitochondrial iron accumulation. Conditional knockouts, specific to striated muscle and neuron/striated muscle, show cardiac hypertrophy and large sensory neuron dysfunction, respectively.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
    74
  • GO References
    19
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
    783
  • Tissues
    68
  • cDNA Data
    35
  • Literature Summary
    3
  • Comparison Matrix
    Gene Expression + Phenotype
    • Sequences &
    Gene Models
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    Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
    genomic ENSMUSG00000059363 Ensembl Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 19153 C57BL/6J ±  kb
    transcript ENSMUST00000081333 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 1114 Not Applicable  
    polypeptide ENSMUSP00000080081 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 207 Not Applicable  
    For the selected sequence
    Protein
    Information
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    Molecular
    Reagents
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    • All nucleic 36
      cDNA 36

      Microarray probesets 3
    References
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    • Summaries
      All 130
      Developmental Gene Expression 3
      Diseases 5
      Gene Ontology 19
      Phenotypes 88
    • Earliest
      J:42050 Koutnikova H, et al., Studies of human, mouse and yeast homologues indicate a mitochondrial function for frataxin. Nat Genet. 1997 Aug;16(4):345-51
    • Latest
      J:345352 Chang JC, et al., AAV8 gene therapy reverses cardiac pathology and prevents early mortality in a mouse model of Friedreich's ataxia. Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev. 2024 Mar 14;32(1):101193
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    04/16/2024
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