Epgn epithelial mitogen [Mus musculus (house mouse)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: Epgnprovided by MGI
Official Full Name: epithelial mitogenprovided by MGI
Primary source: MGI:MGI:1919170
See related: Ensembl:ENSMUSG00000035020 AllianceGenome:MGI:1919170
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: PROVISIONAL
Organism: Mus musculus
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Mus; Mus
Also known as: epigen; 2310069M11Rik
Summary: Enables growth factor activity and transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine kinase activator activity. Involved in epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway and positive regulation of epithelial cell proliferation. Acts upstream of or within MAPK cascade. Is active in extracellular space. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; arterial system; dorsal root ganglion; hair follicle; and male reproductive gland or organ. Orthologous to human EPGN (epithelial mitogen). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Dec 2024]
Expression: Low expression observed in reference dataset See more
Orthologs: human all
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Genomic context

Location:: 5 E1; 5 44.78 cM

Exon count:: 5

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2024_02	current	GRCm39 (GCF_000001635.27)	5	NC_000071.7 (91175376..91183071)
108.20200622	previous assembly	GRCm38.p6 (GCF_000001635.26)	5	NC_000071.6 (91027517..91035212)

Chromosome 5 - NC_000071.7 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Bibliography

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

activation of the EGFR by its ligand epigen during early epidermal development causes hyperplasia of the sebaceous gland and, to a minor extent, hyperplasia of the interfollicular epidermis and increased hair follicles density.
Title: Overexpression of epigen during embryonic development induces reversible, epidermal growth factor receptor-dependent sebaceous gland hyperplasia.
Epigen has non-essential functions or functions that can be compensated by other EGFR ligands during growth and tissue homeostasis.
Title: Genetic deletion of the EGFR ligand epigen does not affect mouse embryonic development and tissue homeostasis.
EPG is an EGF-like growth factor and a low affinity ligand
Title: Epigen, the last ligand of ErbB receptors, reveals intricate relationships between affinity and mitogenicity.

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Variation

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Alleles

Alleles of this type are documented at Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI)

Endonuclease-mediated (3)
Targeted (4) 1 citation

General gene information

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Gene Ontology Provided by MGI

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables epidermal growth factor receptor binding	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables epidermal growth factor receptor binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables epidermal growth factor receptor binding	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
enables growth factor activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables growth factor activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables growth factor activity	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
enables receptor ligand activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables receptor ligand activity	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed
enables transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine kinase activator activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine kinase activator activity	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
acts_upstream_of_or_within MAPK cascade	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in angiogenesis	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in angiogenesis	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info
involved_in cell surface receptor signaling pathway	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed
involved_in epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
acts_upstream_of positive regulation of MAPK cascade	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in positive regulation of MAPK cascade	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in positive regulation of MAPK cascade	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info
involved_in positive regulation of cell population proliferation	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in positive regulation of cell population proliferation	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in positive regulation of epithelial cell proliferation	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in positive regulation of mitotic nuclear division	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in positive regulation of mitotic nuclear division	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in positive regulation of mitotic nuclear division	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
is_active_in extracellular space	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
is_active_in extracellular space	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in plasma membrane	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
located_in plasma membrane	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: epigen

Names: EPG

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

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These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.