Primary Identifier | MGI:1919134 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 1 | NCBI Gene Number | 71884 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Predicted to enable chitin binding activity and endochitinase activity. Predicted to be involved in chitin catabolic process. Predicted to be located in extracellular space. Predicted to be active in extracellular region. Orthologous to human CHIT1 (chitinase 1). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele exhibit reduced pulmonary fibrosis induced by bleomycin or IL13 expression. [provided by MGI curators] |