Primary Identifier | MGI:2158492 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 7 | NCBI Gene Number | 170812 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Predicted to enable hemoglobin binding activity. Acts upstream of or within erythrocyte differentiation; protein folding; and protein stabilization. Located in cytoplasm. Is expressed in blood; cerebral cortex vascular element; embryo; and liver. Orthologous to human AHSP (alpha hemoglobin stabilizing protein). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a targeted mutation are viable and developmentally normal but exhibit reticulocytosis and abnormal erythrocyte morphology with intracellular inclusion bodies that stain positively for denatured hemoglobins. [provided by MGI curators] |