Primary Identifier | MGI:1930004 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 2 | NCBI Gene Number | 58214 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Predicted to enable cysteine-type endopeptidase inhibitor activity. Involved in several processes, including bone mineralization; calcium ion homeostasis; and endochondral bone morphogenesis. Acts upstream of or within cell maturation and chondrocyte differentiation. Located in cytosol. Orthologous to human CST5 (cystatin D). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele display reduced chondrocyte calcification during endochondral ossification both under physiological and pathological conditions. [provided by MGI curators] |