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Gata6 Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Gata6
  • Name
    GATA binding protein 6
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:107516
    NCBI Gene: 14465
  • Alliance
    genome feature page
  • Transcription Start Sites
    13 TSS
  • Regulated by
    Rr546 (1 regulatory region)
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr18:11052510-11085636 bp, + strand
    From NCBI annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
    Ensembl | UCSC | NCBI
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 18, 5.63 cM
  • Mapping Data
    3 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    833 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    15
  • RFLP
    2
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_107516
 protein coding gene Chr18:11052064-11085636 (+)
129S1/SvImJ ENSMUSG00200022766
 protein coding gene Chr18:7990504-7992997 (+)
A/J ENSMUSG00195008202
 protein coding gene Chr18:8171122-8173613 (+)
AKR/J ENSMUSG00220018942
 protein coding gene Chr18:8162390-8164881 (+)
BALB/cJ ENSMUSG00180005273
 protein coding gene Chr18:8611253-8613744 (+)
C3H/HeJ ENSMUSG00175007037
 protein coding gene Chr18:8151468-8153959 (+)
C57BL/6NJ ENSMUSG00215015651
 protein coding gene Chr18:7886930-7889422 (+)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0021997
 protein coding gene Chr18:7617046-7649933 (+)
CAST/EiJ no annotation
CBA/J ENSMUSG00210021800
 protein coding gene Chr18:8159518-8162009 (+)
DBA/2J ENSMUSG00185029274
 protein coding gene Chr18:8167135-8169626 (+)
FVB/NJ ENSMUSG00205024034
 protein coding gene Chr18:7946631-7949124 (+)
JF1/MsJ no annotation
LP/J ENSMUSG00230010462
 protein coding gene Chr18:10234740-10268957 (+)
NOD/ShiLtJ ENSMUSG00190009300
 protein coding gene Chr18:7942903-7945395 (+)
NZO/HlLtJ ENSMUSG00225027709
 protein coding gene Chr18:10150520-10153011 (+)
PWK/PhJ no annotation
SPRET/EiJ ENSMSPG00010011236
 protein coding gene Chr18:8085563-8118795 (+)
WSB/EiJ no annotation



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    GATA6, GATA binding protein 6
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    3
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    GATA6, GATA binding protein 6
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 2627
    UniProt: Q92908

  • Chr Location
    18q11.2; chr18:22168837-22204154 (+)  GRCh38
Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    8 with human GATA6 associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
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Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    30 phenotypes from 10 alleles in 13 genetic backgrounds
    41 phenotypes from multigenic genotypes
    114 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.
Homozygous null mutant E5.5 embryos lack parts of the visceral endoderm, show impaired embryonic ectoderm development, and die soon post-implantation, apparently of extraembryonic tissue defects.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
    143
  • GO References
    37
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
    1614
  • Tissues
    414
  • cDNA Data
    52
  • Literature Summary
    269
  • Comparison Matrix
    Gene Expression + Phenotype
    • Sequences &
    Gene Models
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    Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
    genomic 14465 NCBI Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 33127 C57BL/6J ±  kb
    transcript NM_010258 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 3194 ZRU/MplStud  
    polypeptide Q61169 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 589 Not Applicable  
    For the selected sequence
    Protein
    Information
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    Molecular
    Reagents
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    • All nucleic 103
      Genomic 5
      cDNA 55
      Primer pair 31
      Other 12
      Antibodies 23

      Microarray probesets 6
    Other
    Accession IDs
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    MGD-MRK-36086, MGI:2147171
    References
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    • Summaries
      All 430
      Developmental Gene Expression 269
      Gene Ontology 37
      Phenotypes 114
    • Earliest
      J:34197 Morrisey EE, et al., GATA-6: a zinc finger transcription factor that is expressed in multiple cell lineages derived from lateral mesoderm. Dev Biol. 1996 Jul 10;177(1):309-22
    • Latest
      J:391718 Han J, et al., Two differentiation pathways generate large peritoneal macrophages with one replenishing mesothelial border macrophages. Sci Immunol. 2026 Jul 31;11(121):eaeg8653
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    09/08/2026
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