Primary Identifier | MGI:1890564 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 16 | NCBI Gene Number | 54720 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables protein phosphatase inhibitor activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including calcineurin-NFAT signaling cascade; response to ischemia; and short-term memory. Located in cytoplasm and nucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; brain; genitourinary system; heart; and sensory organ. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Alzheimer's disease. Orthologous to human RCAN1 (regulator of calcineurin 1). PHENOTYPE: Unstressed homozygous mutant mice show no overt phenotype other than a slight reduction in heart size and an impaired T helper 1 response. Stress-induced cardiac hypertrophy, however, is attenuated in mutant mice. [provided by MGI curators] |