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Wrn Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Wrn
  • Name
    Werner syndrome RecQ like helicase
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:109635
    NCBI Gene: 22427
  • Alliance
    genome feature page
  • Transcription Start Sites
    4 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr8:33724412-33875555 bp, - strand
    From Ensembl annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
    Ensembl | UCSC | NCBI
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 8, 20.30 cM, cytoband A4
  • Mapping Data
    8 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    4473 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    19
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_109635
 protein coding gene Chr8:33724400-33875591 (-)
129S1/SvImJ ENSMUSG00200020761
 protein coding gene Chr8:28778835-28937361 (-)
A/J ENSMUSG00195005373
 protein coding gene Chr8:29294281-29453260 (-)
AKR/J ENSMUSG00220024840
 protein coding gene Chr8:29051702-29215793 (-)
BALB/cJ ENSMUSG00180005251
 protein coding gene Chr8:28837626-28996610 (-)
C3H/HeJ ENSMUSG00175006477
 protein coding gene Chr8:28995166-29154179 (-)
C57BL/6NJ ENSMUSG00215006312
 protein coding gene Chr8:28792703-28943845 (-)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0030961
 protein coding gene Chr8:27277085-27421103 (-)
CAST/EiJ ENSTCUG00005023019
 protein coding gene Chr8:28967670-29122605 (-)
CBA/J ENSMUSG00210013579
 protein coding gene Chr8:28823423-28982392 (-)
DBA/2J ENSMUSG00185001850
 protein coding gene Chr8:34749676-34908674 (-)
FVB/NJ ENSMUSG00205003079
 protein coding gene Chr8:28054928-28213718 (-)
JF1/MsJ ENSUMUG00000006410
 protein coding gene Chr8:36467977-36619144 (-)
LP/J ENSMUSG00230014123
 protein coding gene Chr8:38385952-38544926 (-)
NOD/ShiLtJ ENSMUSG00190004088
 protein coding gene Chr8:28870785-29029782 (-)
NZO/HlLtJ ENSMUSG00225014767
 protein coding gene Chr8:42005577-42156735 (-)
PWK/PhJ ENSLUMG00010025893
 protein coding gene Chr8:28703977-28854798 (-)
SPRET/EiJ ENSMSPG00010015619
 protein coding gene Chr8:29383420-29547657 (-)
WSB/EiJ ENSIUOG00005010660
 protein coding gene Chr8:29612548-29778355 (-)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    WRN, WRN RecQ like helicase
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    3
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    WRN, WRN RecQ like helicase
  • Synonyms
    RECQ3, RECQL2, RECQL3
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 7486
    UniProt: Q14191

  • Chr Location
    8p12; chr8:31033779-31176138 (+)  GRCh38
Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    1 with Wrn mouse models; 6 with human WRN associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
IDs
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IDs
IDs
IDs
IDs
IDs
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  • Mutations/Alleles
    2 with disease annotations
  • References
    3 with disease annotations
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    36 phenotypes from 4 alleles in 7 genetic backgrounds
    41 phenotypes from multigenic genotypes
    36 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 mutants show enhanced frequency and variety of tumors in conjunction with Trp53 knockout alleles. Homozygotes also have an elevated frequency of somatic reversion of the pink-eyed dilution unstable mutation.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
    146
  • GO References
    23
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
Click cells to view annotations.


  • Assay Results
    605
  • Tissues
    4
  • cDNA Data
    44
  • Literature Summary
    2
  • Comparison Matrix
    Gene Expression + Phenotype
    • Sequences &
    Gene Models
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    Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
    genomic ENSMUSG00000031583 Ensembl Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 151144 C57BL/6J ±  kb
    transcript ENSMUST00000033990 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 5019 Not Applicable  
    polypeptide ENSMUSP00000033990 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 1401 Not Applicable  
    For the selected sequence
    Protein
    Information
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    Molecular
    Reagents
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    • All nucleic 51
      Genomic 3
      cDNA 45
      Primer pair 2
      Other 1

      Microarray probesets 5
    Other
    Accession IDs
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    MGD-MRK-39634, MGI:2142626
    References
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    • Summaries
      All 89
      Developmental Gene Expression 2
      Diseases 3
      Gene Ontology 23
      Phenotypes 36
    • Earliest
      J:46871 Yu CE, et al., Positional cloning of the Werner's syndrome gene [see comments]. Science. 1996 Apr 12;272(5259):258-62
    • Latest
      J:326541 Cyagen Biosciences Inc., Cyagen Biosciences Website. 2022;
    Contributing Projects:
    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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    09/01/2026
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