Primary Identifier | MGI:1920897 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 8 | NCBI Gene Number | 73647 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Predicted to enable calcium-dependent cysteine-type endopeptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in proteolysis. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm. Is expressed in lung. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in stomach cancer. Orthologous to human CAPN9 (calpain 9). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele exhibit increased sensitivity to ethanol-induced gastric mucosa injury. [provided by MGI curators] |