Primary Identifier | MGI:95407 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 5 | NCBI Gene Number | 13856 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables protein kinase activator activity. Involved in negative regulation of apoptotic process; peptidyl-serine phosphorylation; and positive regulation of protein kinase activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including embryo implantation; erythrocyte differentiation; and hemoglobin biosynthetic process. Located in extracellular space. Is expressed in several structures, including egg cylinder; embryo mesenchyme; embryo mesoderm; nervous system; and placenta. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including artery disease (multiple); diabetic angiopathy; familial erythrocytosis 5; ischemia (multiple); and neurodegenerative disease (multiple). Orthologous to human EPO (erythropoietin). PHENOTYPE: Homozygotes for a targeted null mutation exhibit reduced primitive erythropoiesis and die around embryonic day 13 due to impaired fetal liver erythropoiesis. [provided by MGI curators] |