Primary Identifier | MGI:1858732 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 9 | NCBI Gene Number | 50868 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables disordered domain specific binding activity and identical protein binding activity. Involved in several processes, including cellular response to oxidative stress; protein ubiquitination; and ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including cellular response to interleukin-4; in utero embryonic development; and regulation of epidermal cell differentiation. Located in actin filament; endoplasmic reticulum; and inclusion body. Part of Cul3-RING ubiquitin ligase complex. Is expressed in eye and limb mesenchyme. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in gallbladder cancer. Orthologous to human KEAP1 (kelch like ECH associated protein 1). PHENOTYPE: Homozygous null mice exhibit scaly skin, hyperkeratosis of the esophagus and stomach mucosa, and die around 3 weeks of age, putatively due to malnutrition resulting from the abnormal alimentary epithelium. [provided by MGI curators] |