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Tmem179 Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Tmem179
  • Name
    transmembrane protein 179
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:2144891
    NCBI Gene: 104885
  • Alliance
    genome feature page
  • Transcription Start Sites
    2 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr12:112466618-112477594 bp, - strand
    From NCBI annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
    Ensembl | UCSC | NCBI
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 12, 61.20 cM
  • Mapping Data
    1 experiment
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    447 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    19
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_2144891
 protein coding gene Chr12:112466618-112483181 (-)
129S1/SvImJ ENSMUSG00200024521
 protein coding gene Chr12:104244935-104261490 (-)
A/J ENSMUSG00195040845
 protein coding gene Chr12:106765958-106782473 (-)
AKR/J ENSMUSG00220034974
 protein coding gene Chr12:104663487-104679969 (-)
BALB/cJ ENSMUSG00180046762
 protein coding gene Chr12:106008070-106024624 (-)
C3H/HeJ ENSMUSG00175033147
 protein coding gene Chr12:108579827-108596311 (-)
C57BL/6NJ ENSMUSG00215046104
 protein coding gene Chr12:105281033-105297581 (-)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0018151
 protein coding gene Chr12:106959456-106970472 (-)
CAST/EiJ ENSTCUG00005039884
 protein coding gene Chr12:104756814-104773302 (-)
CBA/J ENSMUSG00210030906
 protein coding gene Chr12:105641209-105657691 (-)
DBA/2J ENSMUSG00185028307
 protein coding gene Chr12:107464691-107481202 (-)
FVB/NJ ENSMUSG00205023199
 protein coding gene Chr12:104687321-104703854 (-)
JF1/MsJ ENSUMUG00000019861
 protein coding gene Chr12:112241814-112258376 (-)
LP/J ENSMUSG00230042345
 protein coding gene Chr12:114509416-114525969 (-)
NOD/ShiLtJ ENSMUSG00190040974
 protein coding gene Chr12:80523047-80539602 (+)
NZO/HlLtJ ENSMUSG00225042799
 protein coding gene Chr12:116257246-116269675 (-)
PWK/PhJ ENSLUMG00010042137
 protein coding gene Chr12:105690943-105707481 (-)
SPRET/EiJ ENSMSPG00010016782
 protein coding gene Chr12:107968615-107983959 (-)
WSB/EiJ ENSIUOG00005032503
 protein coding gene Chr12:104678504-104695031 (-)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    TMEM179, transmembrane protein 179
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    3
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    TMEM179, transmembrane protein 179
  • Synonyms
    C14orf90, TMEM179A
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 388021
    UniProt: Q6ZVK1

  • Chr Location
    14q32.33; chr14:104474678-104605647 (-)  GRCh38
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    6 phenotype references
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
    1
  • GO References
    1
Molecular Function

No experimental evidence to support Molecular Function annotation, following literature review. See J:73796.
Biological Process

No experimental evidence to support Biological Process annotation, following literature review. See J:73796.
Cellular Component

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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
    736
  • Tissues
    13
  • cDNA Data
    15
  • Literature Summary
    2
Sequences &
Gene Models
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Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
genomic 104885 NCBI Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 10977 C57BL/6J ±  kb
transcript NM_178915 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 2373 C57BL/6  
polypeptide Q8BHH9 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 233 Not Applicable  
For the selected sequence
Protein
Information
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Molecular
Reagents
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  • All nucleic 15
    cDNA 15

    Microarray probesets 3
References
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  • Summaries
    All 27
    Developmental Gene Expression 2
    Gene Ontology 1
    Phenotypes 6
  • Earliest
    J:153498 Diez-Roux G, et al., A high-resolution anatomical atlas of the transcriptome in the mouse embryo. PLoS Biol. 2011;9(1):e1000582
  • Latest
    J:362503 Paul MA, et al., Stepwise molecular specification of excitatory synapse diversity onto cerebellar Purkinje cells. Nat Neurosci. 2025 Feb;28(2):308-319
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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09/08/2026
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