Primary Identifier | MGI:1345140 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 11 | NCBI Gene Number | 23801 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.3.0) Enables hepoxilin A3 synthase activity. Involved in several processes, including establishment of skin barrier; long-chain fatty acid metabolic process; and peroxisome proliferator activated receptor signaling pathway. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Is expressed in epidermis and skin. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis 1 and autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis 3. Orthologous to human ALOXE3 (arachidonate lipoxygenase 3). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele exhibit complete neonatal lethality, imapired skin barrier function, dehydration, tightly packed stratum corneum, impaired stratum corneum desquamation and reduced levels of ester-bound ceramide in the epidermis. [provided by MGI curators] |