Amacr
Gene Detail

Symbol Name ID

Amacr alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase MGI:1098273

Synonyms

2-arylpropionyl-CoA epimerase, Macr1

Feature Type

protein coding gene

Genetic Map

Chromosome 15

5.39 cM, cytoband B1
Detailed Genetic Map ± 1 cM


Mapping data(2)

Sequence Map

Chr15:10981756-10996624 bp, + strand From NCBI annotation of GRCm38   14869 bp   ±  kb flank VEGA Genome Browser | Ensembl Genome Browser | UCSC Browser | NCBI Map Viewer

Mouse Genome Browser

Mammalian homology

human; rat; cattle; chimpanzee; dog, domestic    (Mammalian Orthology)
Comparative Map (Mouse/Human Amacr ± 2 cM)

Gene Tree: Amacr

Human ortholog

AMACR alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase NCBI Gene ID 23600
Human Synonyms: AMACRD, CBAS4, RACE, RM
Human Chr5:33987091-34008220 bp, - strand Reference GRCh37.p2 Primary Assembly
Human Diseases Associated with Human AMACR (2)

Alleles and phenotypes

All alleles(1) : Targeted(1)
 

Homozygous null mice display impaired bile acid synthesis and with dietary phytol supplementation develop liver degeneration and induced mortality.

 
Human Diseases Modeled Using Mouse Amacr (1)    Alleles Annotated to Human Diseases(1)   

Gene Ontology (GO) classifications

All GO classifications: (17 annotations)

Process	bile acid biosynthetic process, bile acid metabolic process, ...
Component	cytoplasm, mitochondrion, ...
Function	alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase activity, catalytic activity, ...

External Resources: FuncBase

Expression

Literature Summary: (3 records)
Data Summary: Results (149)    Tissues (114)    Images (18)
Theiler Stages: 22, 23

Assay Type	Results
RNA in situ	149

cDNA source data(48)
External Resources: Allen Institute   GEO   ArrayExpress

Molecular reagents

All nucleic(50) Genomic(1) cDNA(48) Primer pair(1)
Microarray probesets(3)

Other database links

Ensembl Gene Model	ENSMUSG00000022244 (Evidence)
Entrez Gene	17117 (Evidence)
UniGene	2787
DFCI	TC1577719
DoTS	DT.50317140
NIA Mouse Gene Index	U016080
EC	5.1.99.4
Consensus CDS Project	CCDS27381.1
International Mouse Knockout Project Status	Amacr

Sequences

Length	Strain/Species
genomic	17117	NCBI Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail	14869	C57BL/6J
transcript	NM_008537	RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail	2575	C57BL/6
polypeptide	O09174	UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail	381	Not Applicable

All sequences(18) RefSeq(2) UniProt(3)

Polymorphisms

SNPs(124 from dbSNP Build 128)

Protein-related information

Resource	ID	Description
InterPro	IPR003673	CoA-transferase family III
InterPro	IPR023606	CoA-transferase family III domain
Protein Ontology	PR:000003984	alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase

Graphical View of Protein Domain Structure

References

(Earliest) J:43000 Schmitz W, et al., Molecular cloning of cDNA species for rat and mouse liver alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemases. Biochem J. 1997 Sep 15;326(Pt 3):883-9
(Latest) J:153498 Diez-Roux G, et al., A high-resolution anatomical atlas of the transcriptome in the mouse embryo. PLoS Biol. 2011;9(1):e1000582
All references(35)