Primary Identifier | MGI:98763 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 11 | NCBI Gene Number | 21877 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables thymidine kinase activity. Predicted to be involved in DNA synthesis involved in mitotic DNA replication; protein homotetramerization; and thymidine biosynthetic process. Predicted to be located in cytosol. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; central nervous system; genitourinary system; heart; and hemolymphoid system. Orthologous to human TK1 (thymidine kinase 1). PHENOTYPE: Nullizygous mice show partial postnatal lethality, poor fertility, hemosiderosis, lymphocyte and spleen anomalies, altered sublingual gland secretion, inflammation of the arteries, lung, liver and thyroid, abnormal spermatogenesis and glomerulosclerosis leading to kidney failure and premature death. [provided by MGI curators] |