Primary Identifier | MGI:1206591 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 15 | NCBI Gene Number | 12124 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Predicted to enable BH domain binding activity. Acts upstream of or within apoptotic mitochondrial changes; male gonad development; and spermatogenesis. Located in mitochondrial envelope. Is expressed in several structures, including genitourinary system; heart; liver; and lung. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in ataxia telangiectasia; breast cancer; colon cancer; and prostate cancer. Orthologous to human BIK (BCL2 interacting killer). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele are viable and grossly normal with no detectable changes in hematopoiesis, lymphocyte susceptibility to various apoptotic stimuli, or endothelial cell apoptosis in hyaloid vessel regression. [provided by MGI curators] |