Primary Identifier | MGI:101946 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 8 | NCBI Gene Number | 12352 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables carbonate dehydratase activity. Predicted to act upstream of or within gluconeogenesis. Located in mitochondrion. Is expressed in inner ear; liver; metanephros; and trunk. Orthologous to human CA5A (carbonic anhydrase 5A). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele exhibit decreased body size, hyperammonemia, and increased levels of urinary metabolites. [provided by MGI curators] |