Primary Identifier | MGI:1927449 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 2 | NCBI Gene Number | 58203 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables double-stranded RNA binding activity and left-handed Z-DNA binding activity. Involved in several processes, including defense response to other organism; positive regulation of defense response; and positive regulation of programmed cell death. Acts upstream of or within positive regulation of type I interferon-mediated signaling pathway. Located in cytoplasm and nucleus. Is expressed in eye and heart. Orthologous to human ZBP1 (Z-DNA binding protein 1). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele display normal innate immune activation by double-stranded B-form DNA (B-DNA) as well as normal adaptive immune responses to DNA vaccination. [provided by MGI curators] |