Primary Identifier | MGI:1890500 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 3 | NCBI Gene Number | 171166 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables monoatomic anion channel activity; potassium channel activity; and sodium channel activity. Acts upstream of or within inner ear auditory receptor cell differentiation; locomotory behavior; and sensory perception of sound. Located in cytoplasm and plasma membrane. Is expressed in cochlea; olfactory epithelium; and vibrissa. Orthologous to human MCOLN3 (mucolipin TRP cation channel 3). PHENOTYPE: Heterozygotes show normal/diluted/white hair patches, circling, hyperactivity, deafness, and reduced fertility. Homozygotes are white with small patches of color and show severe behavioral abnormalities, poor postnatal viability and are nearly infertile. [provided by MGI curators] |