Primary Identifier | MGI:1919153 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 8 | NCBI Gene Number | 71903 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Predicted to enable carboxylesterase activity and retinyl-palmitate esterase activity. Predicted to be involved in prostaglandin metabolic process. Predicted to be active in intracellular membrane-bounded organelle. Orthologous to human CES2 (carboxylesterase 2). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for an ENU-induced mutation exhibit epidermal and follicular hyperkeratosis. [provided by MGI curators] |