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Trac Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Trac
  • Name
    T cell receptor alpha constant
  • Synonyms
    Gm16914
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr14:54457978-54461655 bp, + strand
    From NCBI annotation of GRCm39
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  • Genome Browsers
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 14, 27.70 cM
  • Mapping Data
    14 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    97 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    18
  • RFLP
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_4439838
gene segment Chr14:54457978-54461663 (+)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0002422
gene segment Chr14:48148844-48152520 (+)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0002397
gene segment Chr14:47240801-47244477 (+)
AKR/J MGP_AKRJ_G0002383
gene segment Chr14:48949783-48953459 (+)
BALB/cJ MGP_BALBcJ_G0002392
gene segment Chr14:47209574-47216213 (+)
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0002370
gene segment Chr14:48630908-48634692 (+)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0002518
gene segment Chr14:50616802-50622093 (+)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0002120
gene segment Chr14:45653430-45657119 (+)
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0002332
gene segment Chr14:44862756-44866430 (+)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0002362
gene segment Chr14:52108479-52112158 (+)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0002368
gene segment Chr14:46985030-46988741 (+)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0002380
gene segment Chr14:46439267-46443264 (+)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0002422
gene segment Chr14:49180064-49183835 (+)
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0002350
gene segment Chr14:51549958-51554023 (+)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0002512
gene segment Chr14:48131550-48135225 (+)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0002293
gene segment Chr14:43508755-43513087 (+)
SPRET/EiJ MGP_SPRETEiJ_G0002246
gene segment Chr14:44109901-44115269 (+)
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0002362
gene segment Chr14:48423310-48428096 (+)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    TRA, T cell receptor alpha locus
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    2
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    TRA, T cell receptor alpha locus
  • Synonyms
    IMD7, TCRA, TRA@
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 6955
    UniProt: P0DSE1, P0DTU3

  • Chr Location
    14q11.2; chr14:21621904-22552132 (+)  GRCh38

  • Human Ortholog
    TRAC, T cell receptor alpha constant
  • Synonyms
    IMD7, TCRA, TRCA
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 28755
    UniProt: P01848

  • Chr Location
    14q11.2; chr14:22547506-22552156 (+)  GRCh38

Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    1 with human TRAC associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
IDs
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Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    13 phenotype references
  • All Mutations and Alleles
    16
  • Endonuclease-mediated
    7
  • Gene trapped
    2
  • Targeted
    3
  • Transgenic
    3
  • Genomic Mutations
    3 involving Trac
  • Incidental Mutations
    APF
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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
Sequences &
Gene Models
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  • All Sequences
  • RefSeq
  • UniProt
Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
genomic 100101484 NCBI Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 3678 C57BL/6J ±  kb
polypeptide A0A991BQX6 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 137 Not Applicable  
For the selected sequence
Protein
Information
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  • UniProt
    1 Sequence
  • InterPro Domains
    IPR036179 Immunoglobulin-like domain superfamily
    IPR013783 Immunoglobulin-like fold
    IPR015370 T-cell receptor alpha chain, constant domain
Molecular
Reagents
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  • All nucleic 93
    Genomic 27
    cDNA 61
    Primer pair 1
    Other 4
Other
Accession IDs
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MGD-MRK-14846, MGI:98554
References
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  • Summaries
    All 61
    Developmental Gene Expression 3
    Phenotypes 13
  • Earliest
    J:7626 Chien Y, et al., A third type of murine T-cell receptor gene. Nature. 1984 Nov 1-7;312(5989):31-5
  • Latest
    J:389261 Tsai AK, et al., Maturation of thymocytes with a monoclonal TCR under control of Trac promoter elements in the absence of beta-selection. Immunohorizons. 2025 Jul 15;9(8)

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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last database update
07/08/2026
MGI 6.24
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