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a Gene Detail
 Symbol
Name
ID
a
nonagouti
MGI:87853


Nomenclature History
Synonyms agouti, agouti signal protein, As, ASP
Genetic Map
Chromosome 2
89.0 cM
Detailed Genetic Map ± 1 cM
 
Mapping data( 297)

Sequence Map
Chr2:154617138-154876748 bp, + strand
(From VEGA annotation of NCBI Build 37)
VEGA ContigView | Ensembl ContigView | UCSC Browser | NCBI Map Viewer

Mouse Genome Browser
Mammalian
homology
human; chimpanzee; cattle; rat    (Mammalian Orthology)
Comparative Map (Mouse/Human a ± 2 cM)
TreeFam: TF330729
Sequences
Representative Sequences Length Strain/Species Flank
genomic OTTMUSG00000015981 VEGA Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 259611 C57BL/6J ± Kb
transcript NM_015770 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 692 -
polypeptide Q03288 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 131 Not Applicable
For the selected sequences
All sequences(31)
Alleles
and
phenotypes
All alleles(373) : Targeted, other(1) Gene trapped(272) Spontaneous(58) Chemically induced(14) Radiation induced(28) Other(1)
Agouti acts in the hair follicles, primarily affecting the relative amount and distribution of yellow pigment (phaeomelanin) and black pigment (eumelanin) in hairs of the coat. Some alleles show lethal effects or are associated with obesity.
Associated Human Diseases (2)   Alleles Annotated to Human Diseases (5)   Phenotype Images (11)  
Polymorphisms RFLP(10) SNPs within 2kb(1093 from dbSNP Build 128)   SNPs within 2kb including multiple locations(1147)
Gene Ontology
(GO)
classifications
All GO classifications(14)
Process adult feeding behavior, generation of precursor metabolites and energy...
Component extracellular region
Function melanocortin receptor binding, protein binding...
External Resources: MouseFunc
Expression Literature Summary: (4 records)
Data Summary: Assays (4)    Results (37)    Tissues (9)    Images (5)
Theiler Stages: 4,28
  Assay Type Assays   Results
      RT-PCR 2   25
      RNA in situ 1   2
      Northern blot 1   10
cDNA source data(16)
External Resources: GEO 
Molecular
reagents
All nucleic(64) Genomic(43) cDNA(16) Primer pair(2) Other(3)
Microarray probesets(2)
Other database
links
Ensembl Gene Model ENSMUSG00000027596
DoTS DT.101229252, DT.110664312, DT.40186134, DT.91410771, DT.94228288, DT.94384564
DFCI TC1594947, TC1601603
Entrez Gene 50518
VEGA Gene Model OTTMUSG00000015981
International Mouse Knockout Project Status a
Protein
domains
InterPro ID Description
IPR007733 Agouti
Graphical View of Protein Domain Structure
References
(Earliest) J:15011 Dunn LC, "A Fifth Allelomorph in the Agouti Series of the House Mouse." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1928 Oct;14(10):816-9
(Latest) J:152299 Enzler T et al., "MEKK1 binds HECT E3 ligase itch by its amino-terminal RING motif to regulate Th2 cytokine gene expression." J Immunol 2009 Sep 15;183(6):3831-8
All references(473)
Other
accession IDs
MGD-MRK-1002, MGD-MRK-1008, MGD-MRK-1397

Contributing Projects:
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc
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last database update
11/18/2009
MGI_4.31
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