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Apaf1 Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Apaf1
  • Name
    apoptotic peptidase activating factor 1
  • Synonyms
    6230400I06Rik, Apaf1l
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:1306796
    NCBI Gene: 11783
  • Gene Overview
    MyGene.info: APAF1
Location & Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr10:90989311-91082770 bp, - strand
  • From VEGA annotation of GRCm38

    Mouse Genome Browser
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    Sequence
      93460 bp   ±  kb flank

  • Genome Browsers
    VEGA | Ensembl | UCSC | NCBI
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 10, 45.47 cM, cytoband C3-D1
  • Mapping Data
    6 experiments
Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    APAF1, apoptotic peptidase activating factor 1
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    10
  • Human Ortholog
    APAF1, apoptotic peptidase activating factor 1
    Orthology source: HomoloGene, HGNC
  • Synonyms
    APAF-1, CED4
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 317
    neXtProt AC: NX_O14727

  • Chr Location
    12q23; chr12:98645228-98735433 (+)  GRCh38.p2
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    111 phenotypes from 6 alleles in 12 genetic backgrounds
    6 phenotypes from multigenic genotypes
    66 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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  • All Mutations and Alleles
    18
  • Chemically induced (ENU)
    1
  • Chemically induced (other)
    1
  • Gene trapped
    6
  • Spontaneous
    1
  • Targeted
    8
  • Transposon induced
    1
  • Genomic Mutations
    2 involving Apaf1
  • Incidental Mutations
    Mutagenetix , APF , CvDC
Homozygotes for targeted null mutations have defects in apoptosis resulting in brain overgrowth, craniofacial defects, interdigit webbing and altered lens and retina. Most mutants die by embryonic day 16.5 or perinatally, and male survivors are sterile.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
    35
  • GO References
    16
Molecular Function

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

nucleic acid-templated transcription
carbohydrate derivative metabolism
cell death
cell differentiation
cell proliferation
cellular component organization
establishment of localization
homeostatic process
immune system process
lipid metabolic process
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
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
    26
  • Tissues
    8
  • cDNA Data
    98
  • Literature Summary
    17
Interactions
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Sequences &
Gene Models
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Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
genomic OTTMUSG00000027822 VEGA Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 93460 C57BL/6J ±  kb
transcript OTTMUST00000068865 VEGA | MGI Sequence Detail 6433 Not Applicable  
polypeptide OTTMUSP00000034902 VEGA | MGI Sequence Detail 1249 Not Applicable  
For the selected sequence
Polymorphisms
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    610 from dbSNP Build 142
Protein
Information
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Molecular
Reagents
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  • All nucleic 106
    Genomic 2
    cDNA 103
    Primer pair 1

    Microarray probesets 4
Other
Accession IDs
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MGI:1096874, MGI:1277987, MGI:1923379
References
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  • Summaries
    All 116
    Developmental Gene Expression 17
    Gene Ontology 16
    Phenotypes 66
  • Earliest
    J:40076 Chowdhury K, et al., Evidence for the stochastic integration of gene trap vectors into the mouse germline. Nucleic Acids Res. 1997 Apr 15;25(8):1531-6
  • Latest
    J:227534 Gong W, et al., Kelch Repeat and BTB Domain Containing Protein 5 (Kbtbd5) Regulates Skeletal Muscle Myogenesis through the E2F1-DP1 Complex. J Biol Chem. 2015 Jun 12;290(24):15350-61
Contributing Projects:
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc
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09/20/2016
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