Primary Identifier | MGI:2142489 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 8 | NCBI Gene Number | 209176 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activity. Acts upstream of or within tryptophan catabolic process to kynurenine. Located in cytoplasm. Is expressed in corpus striatum. Orthologous to human IDO2 (indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 2). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele exhibit impaired T cell function and decreased susceptibility to type IV hypersensitivity reaction. Homozygosity for a catalytically inactive mutant leads to decreased susceptibility to type IV hypersensitivity reaction. [provided by MGI curators] |