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Plp1 Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Plp1
  • Name
    proteolipid protein (myelin) 1
  • Synonyms
    DM20, Plp
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:97623
    NCBI Gene: 18823
  • Alliance
  • Transcription Start Sites
    53 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    ChrX:135723420-135740482 bp, + strand
    From Ensembl annotation of GRCm39
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  • Genome Browsers
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome X, 59.10 cM, cytoband F1-F2
  • Mapping Data
    64 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    137 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    18
  • PCR
  • RFLP
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_97623
protein coding gene ChrX:135720897-135740482 (+)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0036105
protein coding gene ChrX:134234645-134251366 (+)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0036086
protein coding gene ChrX:133631545-133649092 (+)
AKR/J MGP_AKRJ_G0036010
protein coding gene ChrX:137905102-137925229 (+)
BALB/cJ MGP_BALBcJ_G0036075
protein coding gene ChrX:132029902-132047621 (+)
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0035784
protein coding gene ChrX:134272416-134295652 (+)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0036599
protein coding gene ChrX:138131567-138150371 (+)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0033426
protein coding gene ChrX:125560790-125595673 (+)
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0035072
protein coding gene ChrX:115069520-115086540 (+)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0035760
protein coding gene ChrX:142390370-142411458 (+)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0035917
protein coding gene ChrX:132937089-132955463 (+)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0035851
protein coding gene ChrX:132137839-132155079 (+)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0036011
protein coding gene ChrX:135204496-135225441 (+)
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0035887
protein coding gene ChrX:149673559-149694428 (+)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0036636
protein coding gene ChrX:133611497-133630449 (+)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0034765
protein coding gene ChrX:112093228-112110367 (+)
SPRET/EiJ MGP_SPRETEiJ_G0034593
protein coding gene ChrX:115692390-115709104 (+)
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0035207
protein coding gene ChrX:131921666-131939633 (+)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    PLP1, proteolipid protein 1
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    4
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    PLP1, proteolipid protein 1
  • Synonyms
    GPM6C, HLD1, MMPL, PLP, PLP/DM20, PMD, SPG2
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 5354
    neXtProt AC: NX_P60201
    UniProt: P60201

  • Chr Location
    Xq22.2; chrX:103773718-103792619 (+)  GRCh38

Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    2 with Plp1 mouse models; 2 with human PLP1 associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
IDs
View 2 models
IDs
View 8 models
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  • Mutations/Alleles
    7 with disease annotations
  • References
    8 with disease annotations
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    60 phenotypes from 14 alleles in 25 genetic backgrounds
    49 phenotypes from multigenic genotypes
    1 images
    208 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.
Males hemizygous for X-linked missense and partially deleted mutations typically exhibit central nervous system demyelination, loss of oligodendrocytes, tremors, convulsions, and lethality, but targeted null mutants are essentially normal and fertile.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
  • GO References
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
non-membrane-bounded 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
  • Tissues
  • cDNA Data
  • Literature Summary
  • Comparison Matrix
  • Sequences &
    Gene Models
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    Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
    genomic ENSMUSG00000031425 Ensembl Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 17063 C57BL/6J ±  kb
    transcript ENSMUST00000033800 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 4699 Not Applicable  
    polypeptide ENSMUSP00000033800 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 277 Not Applicable  
    For the selected sequence
    Protein
    Information
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    Molecular
    Reagents
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    • All nucleic 147
      Genomic 23
      cDNA 81
      Primer pair 20
      Other 23

      Microarray probesets 6
    Other
    Accession IDs
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    MGD-MRK-11530, MGD-MRK-12562, MGD-MRK-13363, MGD-MRK-14219
    References
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    • Summaries
      All 486
      Developmental Gene Expression 149
      Diseases 8
      Gene Ontology 16
      Phenotypes 208
    • Earliest
      J:288 Phillips RJS, Jimpy, a new totally sexlinked gene in the house mouse. Z Indukt Abstamm Vererbungsl. 1954;86(3):322-6
    • Latest
      J:342223 Groh J, et al., Microglia-mediated demyelination protects against CD8(+) T cell-driven axon degeneration in mice carrying PLP defects. Nat Commun. 2023 Oct 30;14(1):6911

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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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    last database update
    03/12/2024
    MGI 6.23
    The Jackson Laboratory