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WormBase Tree Display for Gene: HGNC:12403

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Name Class

HGNC:12403IdentityNameCGC_nameTtnInferred_automaticallyAGR_import
Other_name (21)
Public_nameTtn
DB_infoDatabaseHGNCid12403
AGRcURIHGNC:12403
EnsEMBLENSEMBL_geneIDENSG00000155657
UniProtUniProt_ACQ8WZ42
OMIMgene188840
DOidDOID:0111188
DOID:0110430
DOID:0110283
DOID:0111078
DOID:0110315
DOID:0081341
DOID:12930
DOID:3393
SpeciesHomo sapiens
StatusLive
Gene_infoBiotypeSO:0001217
OrthologWBGene00006759Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisOrthoFinder
OrthoInspector
Panther
PhylomeDB
Structured_descriptionAutomated_descriptionThis gene encodes a large abundant protein of striated muscle. The product of this gene is divided into two regions, a N-terminal I-band and a C-terminal A-band. The I-band, which is the elastic part of the molecule, contains two regions of tandem immunoglobulin domains on either side of a PEVK region that is rich in proline, glutamate, valine and lysine. The A-band, which is thought to act as a protein-ruler, contains a mixture of immunoglobulin and fibronectin repeats, and possesses kinase activity. An N-terminal Z-disc region and a C-terminal M-line region bind to the Z-line and M-line of the sarcomere, respectively, so that a single titin molecule spans half the length of a sarcomere. Titin also contains binding sites for muscle associated proteins so it serves as an adhesion template for the assembly of contractile machinery in muscle cells. It has also been identified as a structural protein for chromosomes. Alternative splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants. Considerable variability exists in the I-band, the M-line and the Z-disc regions of titin. Variability in the I-band region contributes to the differences in elasticity of different titin isoforms and, therefore, to the differences in elasticity of different muscle types. Mutations in this gene are associated with familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 9, and autoantibodies to titin are produced in patients with the autoimmune disease scleroderma. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2012]Inferred_automaticallyAGR_import