Primary Identifier | MGI:108040 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | X | NCBI Gene Number | 12789 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables monoatomic ion channel activity. Acts upstream of or within sensory perception of smell. Located in non-motile cilium membrane. Is expressed in heart; lung; olfactory epithelium; and urethra. Orthologous to human CNGA2 (cyclic nucleotide gated channel subunit alpha 2). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele exhibit postnatal lethality within 2 days of birth, growth retardation, and abnormal olfactory neuron response to forskolin. [provided by MGI curators] |