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Clcn7 Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Clcn7
  • Name
    chloride channel, voltage-sensitive 7
  • Synonyms
    ClC-7
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:1347048
    NCBI Gene: 26373
  • Alliance
  • Transcription Start Sites
    9 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr17:25352365-25381078 bp, + strand
    From Ensembl annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 17, 12.53 cM, cytoband A3.3
  • Mapping Data
    5 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    693 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    19
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_1347048
protein coding gene Chr17:25352353-25381078 (+)
129S1/SvImJ ENSMUSG00200050757
protein coding gene Chr17:20796673-20825053 (+)
A/J ENSMUSG00195051997
protein coding gene Chr17:21815768-21844157 (+)
AKR/J ENSMUSG00220052552
protein coding gene Chr17:20861110-20889498 (+)
BALB/cJ ENSMUSG00180040315
protein coding gene Chr17:21094634-21123037 (+)
C3H/HeJ ENSMUSG00175044553
protein coding gene Chr17:20853283-20881737 (+)
C57BL/6NJ ENSMUSG00215054141
protein coding gene Chr17:20860642-20889356 (+)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0021222
protein coding gene Chr17:20957853-20990733 (+)
CAST/EiJ ENSTCUG00005043847
protein coding gene Chr17:21436339-21464795 (+)
CBA/J ENSMUSG00210045199
protein coding gene Chr17:20692115-20720549 (+)
DBA/2J ENSMUSG00185050117
protein coding gene Chr17:22904071-22932462 (+)
FVB/NJ ENSMUSG00205029428
protein coding gene Chr17:21157662-21186084 (+)
JF1/MsJ ENSUMUG00000043952
protein coding gene Chr17:22352168-22380850 (+)
LP/J ENSMUSG00230054482
protein coding gene Chr17:24301295-24329678 (+)
NOD/ShiLtJ ENSMUSG00190054055
protein coding gene Chr17:20792817-20821208 (+)
NZO/HlLtJ ENSMUSG00225052201
protein coding gene Chr17:26223202-26251585 (+)
PWK/PhJ ENSLUMG00010053197
protein coding gene Chr17:20265787-20294543 (+)
SPRET/EiJ ENSMSPG00010048785
protein coding gene Chr17:21597094-21625466 (+)
WSB/EiJ ENSIUOG00005045557
protein coding gene Chr17:21541430-21569831 (+)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    CLCN7, Cl-/H+ antiporter 7
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    3
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    CLCN7, Cl-/H+ antiporter 7
  • Synonyms
    CLC-7, CLC7, HOD, OPTA2, OPTB4, PPP1R63
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 1186
    UniProt: P51798

  • Chr Location
    16p13.3; chr16:1444934-1475104 (-)  GRCh38

Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    2 with Clcn7 mouse models; 2 with human CLCN7 associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
IDs
View 7 models
IDs
View 2 models
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  • Mutations/Alleles
    6 with disease annotations
  • References
    4 with disease annotations
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    78 phenotypes from 11 alleles in 18 genetic backgrounds
    8 phenotypes from multigenic genotypes
    33 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.
Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele exhibit postnatal lethality, abnormal bone formation, including osteopetrosis, and retinal degeneration. Mice homozygous for a conditional allele exhibit lysosomal defects with neuronal degeneration and accumulationof giant lysosomes in renal tubule cells.
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
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
  • Tissues
  • cDNA Data
  • Literature Summary
  • Comparison Matrix
  • Sequences &
    Gene Models
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    Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
    genomic ENSMUSG00000036636 Ensembl Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 28714 C57BL/6J ±  kb
    transcript ENSMUST00000162862 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 4237 Not Applicable  
    polypeptide ENSMUSP00000124527 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 860 Not Applicable  
    For the selected sequence
    Protein
    Information
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    Molecular
    Reagents
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    • All nucleic 128
      Genomic 1
      cDNA 124
      Primer pair 3

      Microarray probesets 7
    Other
    Accession IDs
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    MGD-MRK-33977, MGI:106285, MGI:2146761, MGI:2147072
    References
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    • Summaries
      All 81
      Developmental Gene Expression 6
      Diseases 4
      Gene Ontology 10
      Phenotypes 33
    • Earliest
      J:50869 Ko MSH, et al., Genome-wide mapping of unselected transcripts from extraembryonic tissue of 7.5-day mouse embryos reveals enrichment in the t-complex and under-representation on the X chromosome. Hum Mol Genet. 1998 Nov;7(12):1967-78
    • Latest
      J:362942 Chen X, et al., Metabolomics study of osteopetrosis caused by CLCN7 mutation reveals novel pathway and potential biomarkers. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2024;15:1418932

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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
    09/15/2026
    MGI 6.29
    The Jackson Laboratory