Primary Identifier | MGI:1915921 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 11 | NCBI Gene Number | 68671 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables ethanolamine-phosphate cytidylyltransferase activity. Involved in phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthetic process. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; brain; genitourinary system; respiratory system; and sensory organ. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hereditary spastic paraplegia 82. Orthologous to human PCYT2 (phosphate cytidylyltransferase 2, ethanolamine). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a null allele die during embryogenesis prior to embryo turning. Heterozygotes are fertile and display an alteration in hepatic fatty acid composition. [provided by MGI curators] |