Primary Identifier | MGI:1927899 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 10 | NCBI Gene Number | 58223 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Predicted to enable metalloendopeptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in collagen catabolic process and extracellular matrix organization. Located in extracellular space. Is expressed in several structures, including genitourinary system; intestine; liver; lung; and spleen. Orthologous to human MMP19 (matrix metallopeptidase 19). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for one knock-out allele develop diet-induced obesity due to adipocyte hypertrophy and display decreased incidence of chemically-induced fibrosarcomas while another knock-out mutant shows a reduced inflammatory reaction to contact hypersensitivity and abnormal T cell differentiation. [provided by MGI curators] |