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Lxn Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Lxn
  • Name
    latexin
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:107633
    NCBI Gene: 17035
  • Alliance
    genome feature page
  • Transcription Start Sites
    5 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr3:67365332-67371240 bp, - strand
    From NCBI annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
    Ensembl | UCSC | NCBI
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 3, 30.98 cM
  • Mapping Data
    9 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    306 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    19
  • RFLP
    1
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_107633
 protein coding gene Chr3:67365331-67371259 (-)
129S1/SvImJ ENSMUSG00200001082
 protein coding gene Chr3:64120280-64126208 (-)
A/J ENSMUSG00195026219
 protein coding gene Chr3:64234460-64240388 (-)
AKR/J ENSMUSG00220023880
 protein coding gene Chr3:64269990-64275906 (-)
BALB/cJ ENSMUSG00180008128
 protein coding gene Chr3:64282322-64288238 (-)
C3H/HeJ ENSMUSG00175003294
 protein coding gene Chr3:64142149-64148077 (-)
C57BL/6NJ ENSMUSG00215005787
 protein coding gene Chr3:64580752-64586680 (-)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0025053
 protein coding gene Chr3:60980912-60986791 (-)
CAST/EiJ ENSTCUG00005021475
 protein coding gene Chr3:63771481-63777402 (-)
CBA/J ENSMUSG00210001774
 protein coding gene Chr3:64224684-64230600 (-)
DBA/2J ENSMUSG00185014743
 protein coding gene Chr3:64386474-64392390 (-)
FVB/NJ ENSMUSG00205009251
 protein coding gene Chr3:63297934-63303850 (-)
JF1/MsJ ENSUMUG00000000811
 protein coding gene Chr3:63999195-64005118 (-)
LP/J ENSMUSG00230001678
 protein coding gene Chr3:66402912-66408840 (-)
NOD/ShiLtJ ENSMUSG00190003002
 protein coding gene Chr3:64683010-64688926 (-)
NZO/HlLtJ ENSMUSG00225001420
 protein coding gene Chr3:69127216-69133132 (-)
PWK/PhJ ENSLUMG00010014698
 protein coding gene Chr3:64060985-64066956 (-)
SPRET/EiJ ENSMSPG00010007832
 protein coding gene Chr3:64551683-64557606 (-)
WSB/EiJ ENSIUOG00005015517
 protein coding gene Chr3:64607876-64613806 (-)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    LXN, latexin
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    3
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    LXN, latexin
  • Synonyms
    ECI, TCI
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 56925
    UniProt: Q9BS40

  • Chr Location
    3q25.32; chr3:158645822-158672648 (-)  GRCh38
Human Diseases
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  • References
    1 with disease annotations
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    1 phenotype from 1 allele in 1 genetic background
    13 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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Mice homozygous for a targeted null mutation display reduced sensitivity to acute thermal pain, which can be reversed by exogenous carboxypeptidase inhibitor.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
    5
  • GO References
    3
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
    704
  • Tissues
    22
  • cDNA Data
    82
  • Literature Summary
    10
Sequences &
Gene Models
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Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
genomic 17035 NCBI Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 5909 C57BL/6J ±  kb
transcript NM_016753 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 1092 ZRU/MplStud  
polypeptide P70202 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 222 Not Applicable  
For the selected sequence
Protein
Information
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Molecular
Reagents
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  • All nucleic 84
    Genomic 1
    cDNA 83
    Antibodies 1

    Microarray probesets 3
Other
Accession IDs
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MGD-MRK-36207
References
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  • Summaries
    All 55
    Developmental Gene Expression 10
    Diseases 1
    Gene Ontology 3
    Phenotypes 13
  • Earliest
    J:37801 Jin M, et al., Mapping to mouse chromosome 3 of the gene encoding latexin (Lxn) expressed in neocortical neurons in a region-specific manner. Genomics. 1997 Feb 1;39(3):419-21
  • Latest
    J:377244 Huang Q, et al., Molecular regulation of coagulation by heparin-bound plasma Latexin. Int J Biol Macromol. 2026 Jan;335(Pt 1):149233
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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