| Primary Identifier | MGI:106687 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
| Chromosome | 6 | NCBI Gene Number | 330260 |
| Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
| description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0) Predicted to enable arylesterase activity and identical protein binding activity. Predicted to be involved in response to toxic substance. Predicted to be located in plasma membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; brain; genitourinary system; hemolymphoid system; and liver and biliary system. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including cerebral infarction; familial hypercholesterolemia; neurodegenerative disease (multiple); type 2 diabetes mellitus; and vascular dementia. Orthologous to human PON2 (paraoxonase 2). PHENOTYPE: When fed an atherogenic diet, mice homozygous for a gene trapped allele show markedly lower VLDL/LDL cholesterol and serum apoB levels, higher cellular oxidative stress, enhanced macrophage immunoreactivity and LDL-induced monocyte chemotaxis, and largeratheromatous lesions than wild-type mice. [provided by MGI curators] |
Features --> Cross References
Canonical gene --> CDSs in specific strains.
Canonical gene --> Exons in specific strains
Canonical gene --> Strain-specific IDs, biotypes, and locations
Canonical gene --> Transcripts in specific strains.
Features --> Overlapping features
