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Ces4a Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Ces4a
  • Name
    carboxylesterase 4A
  • Synonyms
    Ces8, MGC:31116
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:2384581
    NCBI Gene: 234677
  • Alliance
    gene page
  • Transcription Start Sites
    4 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr8:105858432-105876741 bp, + strand
    From NCBI annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
    Ensembl | UCSC | NCBI
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 8, 53.04 cM
  • Mapping Data
    1 experiment
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    568 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    18
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_2384581
 protein coding gene Chr8:105858432-105876741 (+)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0034027
 protein coding gene Chr8:107380274-107404042 (+)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0034008
 protein coding gene Chr8:103103731-103126305 (+)
AKR/J MGP_AKRJ_G0033934
 protein coding gene Chr8:106083101-106102777 (+)
BALB/cJ MGP_BALBcJ_G0034001
 protein coding gene Chr8:103270517-103300121 (+)
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0033713
 protein coding gene Chr8:106830297-106849842 (+)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0034521
 protein coding gene Chr8:111314800-111340952 (+)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0031463
 protein coding gene Chr8:96255138-96283183 (+)
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0033039
 protein coding gene Chr8:106320358-106338584 (+)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0033686
 protein coding gene Chr8:114905835-114939898 (+)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0033841
 protein coding gene Chr8:102452845-102471984 (+)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0033787
 protein coding gene Chr8:101376983-101395471 (+)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0033932
 protein coding gene Chr8:107531268-107615904 (+)
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0033830
 protein coding gene Chr8:118140282-118163191 (+)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0034539
 protein coding gene Chr8:106056665-106077799 (+)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0032740
 protein coding gene Chr8:101835866-101854985 (+)
SPRET/EiJ MGP_SPRETEiJ_G0032581
 protein coding gene Chr8:104735550-104753224 (+)
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0033155
 protein coding gene Chr8:106703638-106724782 (+)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    CES4A, carboxylesterase 4A
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    3
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    CES4A, carboxylesterase 4A
  • Synonyms
    CES6, CES8
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 283848
    UniProt: Q5XG92

  • Chr Location
    16q22.1; chr16:66988589-67010417 (+)  GRCh38
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    8 phenotype references
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
Click cells to view annotations.


  • Assay Results
    714
  • Tissues
    8
  • cDNA Data
    3
  • Literature Summary
    1
Sequences &
Gene Models
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Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
genomic 234677 NCBI Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 18310 C57BL/6J ±  kb
transcript NM_146213 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 2433 C57BL/6  
polypeptide Q8R0W5 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 563 Not Applicable  
For the selected sequence
Protein
Information
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Molecular
Reagents
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  • All nucleic 3
    cDNA 3

    Microarray probesets 3
References
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  • Summaries
    All 24
    Developmental Gene Expression 1
    Phenotypes 8
  • Earliest
    J:164863 Holmes RS, et al., Recommended nomenclature for five mammalian carboxylesterase gene families: human, mouse, and rat genes and proteins. Mamm Genome. 2010 Oct;21(9-10):427-41
  • Latest
    J:345621 Adams DJ, et al., Genetic determinants of micronucleus formation in vivo. Nature. 2024 Mar;627(8002):130-136
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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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