Primary Identifier | MGI:1336895 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 19 | NCBI Gene Number | 19671 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0) Predicted to enable exopeptidase activity and metalloendopeptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in CAAX-box protein processing. Predicted to act upstream of or within proteolysis. Predicted to be located in endoplasmic reticulum and membrane. Predicted to be active in endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Orthologous to human RCE1 (Ras converting CAAX endopeptidase 1). PHENOTYPE: Homozygotes for targeted null mutations exhibit loss of proteolytic processing and methylation of farnesylated Ras proteins, reduced size, and late-gestational or early postnatal lethality. Conditional KO in the retina results in degeneration of the retinal outer nuclear layer. [provided by MGI curators] |