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Gfer Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Gfer
  • Name
    growth factor, augmenter of liver regeneration
  • Synonyms
    Alr, ERV1
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:107757
    NCBI Gene: 11692
  • Alliance
    genome feature page
  • Transcription Start Sites
    9 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr17:24912164-24915065 bp, - strand
    From NCBI annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
    Ensembl | UCSC | NCBI
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 17, 12.48 cM
  • Mapping Data
    2 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    115 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    13
  • RFLP
    1
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_107757
 protein coding gene Chr17:24912161-24915503 (-)
129S1/SvImJ ENSMUSG00200049135
 protein coding gene Chr17:20359231-20363448 (-)
A/J ENSMUSG00195050847
 protein coding gene Chr17:21378081-21382312 (-)
AKR/J ENSMUSG00220044707
 protein coding gene Chr17:20424126-20428379 (-)
BALB/cJ ENSMUSG00180031939
 protein coding gene Chr17:20657634-20661882 (-)
C3H/HeJ ENSMUSG00175045453
 protein coding gene Chr17:20415981-20420232 (-)
C57BL/6NJ ENSMUSG00215049884
 protein coding gene Chr17:20420076-20424819 (-)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0021197
 protein coding gene Chr17:20528825-20531357 (-)
CAST/EiJ no annotation
CBA/J ENSMUSG00210050247
 protein coding gene Chr17:20254810-20259061 (-)
DBA/2J ENSMUSG00185046622
 protein coding gene Chr17:22466386-22470616 (-)
FVB/NJ ENSMUSG00205037536
 protein coding gene Chr17:20717688-20721924 (-)
JF1/MsJ no annotation
LP/J no annotation
NOD/ShiLtJ ENSMUSG00190048888
 protein coding gene Chr17:20355402-20360217 (-)
NZO/HlLtJ no annotation
PWK/PhJ no annotation
SPRET/EiJ ENSMSPG00010047981
 protein coding gene Chr17:21156634-21159285 (-)
WSB/EiJ no annotation



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    GFER, growth factor, augmenter of liver regeneration
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    3
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    GFER, growth factor, augmenter of liver regeneration
  • Synonyms
    ALR, ERV1, HERV1, HPO, HPO1, HPO2, HSS, MMCHD, MPMCD
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 2671
    UniProt: P55789

  • Chr Location
    16p13.3; chr16:1984193-1987749 (+)  GRCh38
Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    2 with human GFER associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
IDs
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Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    39 phenotypes from 3 alleles in 4 genetic backgrounds
    12 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.
Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele exhibit embryonic lethality before E9.5. Mice homozygous for a different knock-out allele are embryonic lethal, while heterozygotes display impaired mitochondrial biogenesis and decreased liver degeneration following partial hepatectomy or acute liver injury.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
    37
  • GO References
    12
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
membraneless 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
    597
  • cDNA Data
    70
  • Comparison Matrix
    Gene Expression + Phenotype
    • Sequences &
    Gene Models
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    Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
    genomic 11692 NCBI Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 2902 C57BL/6J ±  kb
    transcript NM_023040 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 1711 ZRU/MplStud  
    polypeptide P56213 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 198 Not Applicable  
    For the selected sequence
    Protein
    Information
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    Molecular
    Reagents
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    • All nucleic 75
      Genomic 4
      cDNA 70
      Other 1

      Microarray probesets 4
    Other
    Accession IDs
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    MGD-MRK-36333
    References
    more
    • Summaries
      All 49
      Gene Ontology 12
      Phenotypes 12
    • Earliest
      J:35860 Giorda R, et al., Analysis of the structure and expression of the augmenter of liver regeneration (ALR) gene. Mol Med. 1996 Jan;2(1):97-108
    • Latest
      J:332904 Zheng M, et al., Imbalance in ALR ubiquitination accelerates the progression of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis to hepatocellular carcinoma. Oncogene. 2023 Jan;42(4):308-321
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    Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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    09/15/2026
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