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Tgfa transforming growth factor alpha [ Mus musculus (house mouse) ]

Gene ID: 21802, updated on 13-Jan-2025

Summary

Official Symbol
Tgfaprovided by MGI
Official Full Name
transforming growth factor alphaprovided by MGI
Primary source
MGI:MGI:98724
See related
Ensembl:ENSMUSG00000029999 AllianceGenome:MGI:98724
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Mus musculus
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Mus; Mus
Also known as
wa1; wa-1
Summary
This gene encodes a member of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) family of proteins that regulate cellular proliferation. The encoded protein undergoes proteolytic processing to generate a soluble glycoprotein that is secreted by the cell. The secreted protein binds to the EGF receptors to initiate signaling events resulting in cellular proliferation, mucous production or inhibition of gastric acid secretion. The transgenic expression of the encoded protein in mice induces the development of cancers in various tissues such as liver, pancreas, skin and mammary glands. Mice lacking the encoded protein exhibit a wavy coat and curly whiskers phenotype as well as abnormalities in the eye. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2015]
Expression
Ubiquitous expression in ovary adult (RPKM 6.7), CNS E18 (RPKM 6.3) and 24 other tissues See more
Orthologs
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Genomic context

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Location:
6 D1; 6 37.62 cM
Exon count:
6
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2024_02 current GRCm39 (GCF_000001635.27) 6 NC_000072.7 (86172020..86252726)
108.20200622 previous assembly GRCm38.p6 (GCF_000001635.26) 6 NC_000072.6 (86195038..86275744)

Chromosome 6 - NC_000072.7Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene adducin 2 Neighboring gene predicted gene, 19596 Neighboring gene glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase pseudogene Neighboring gene 40S ribosomal protein S28 pseudogene

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

Bibliography

GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

Variation

Alleles

Alleles of this type are documented at Mouse Genome Informatics  (MGI)
  • Endonuclease-mediated (3) 
  • Spontaneous (2) 
  • Targeted (2)  1 citation

Pathways from PubChem

General gene information

Gene Ontology Provided by MGI

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables epidermal growth factor receptor binding  
enables epidermal growth factor receptor binding  
enables epidermal growth factor receptor binding  
enables growth factor activity  
enables growth factor activity  
enables growth factor activity  
enables protein binding PubMed 
enables receptor ligand activity PubMed 
enables receptor ligand activity PubMed 
enables transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine kinase activator activity PubMed 
Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in ERBB2-EGFR signaling pathway PubMed 
acts_upstream_of_or_within angiogenesis PubMed 
involved_in cell surface receptor signaling pathway  
involved_in cell surface receptor signaling pathway  
involved_in epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway  
involved_in epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway PubMed 
acts_upstream_of_or_within epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway  
involved_in hepatocyte proliferation PubMed 
involved_in hepatocyte proliferation  
acts_upstream_of_or_within mammary gland alveolus development PubMed 
involved_in negative regulation of apoptotic process  
acts_upstream_of positive regulation of MAPK cascade  
acts_upstream_of positive regulation of MAPK cascade  
involved_in positive regulation of cell division  
involved_in positive regulation of cell population proliferation  
acts_upstream_of_or_within positive regulation of cell population proliferation PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of cell population proliferation  
involved_in positive regulation of epithelial cell proliferation  
involved_in positive regulation of epithelial cell proliferation  
involved_in positive regulation of mitotic nuclear division  
acts_upstream_of_or_within positive regulation of peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation PubMed 
Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in basolateral plasma membrane  
located_in basolateral plasma membrane  
located_in cell surface  
located_in cell surface  
located_in cytoplasmic vesicle  
located_in cytoplasmic vesicle  
is_active_in extracellular space  
is_active_in extracellular space PubMed 
is_active_in extracellular space PubMed 
located_in extracellular space  
located_in perinuclear region of cytoplasm  
located_in perinuclear region of cytoplasm  

General protein information

Preferred Names
protransforming growth factor alpha

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

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.

mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_001403118.1NP_001390047.1  protransforming growth factor alpha isoform 2 preproprotein

    Status: REVIEWED

    Source sequence(s)
    AC159549
  2. NM_031199.5NP_112476.1  protransforming growth factor alpha isoform 1 preproprotein

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_112476.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    Source sequence(s)
    AC159549
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS51832.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    P48030
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    Q545E4
    Related
    ENSMUSP00000032066.10, ENSMUST00000032066.13
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    PHA02887
    Location:4382
    PHA02887; EGF-like protein; Provisional
    PHA03099
    Location:46120
    PHA03099; epidermal growth factor-like protein (EGF-like protein); Provisional

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001635.27-RS_2024_02

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference GRCm39 C57BL/6J

Genomic

  1. NC_000072.7 Reference GRCm39 C57BL/6J

    Range
    86172020..86252726
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    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_030255312.1XP_030111172.1  protransforming growth factor alpha isoform X1

    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    PHA02887
    Location:4382
    PHA02887; EGF-like protein; Provisional
    PHA03099
    Location:46120
    PHA03099; epidermal growth factor-like protein (EGF-like protein); Provisional
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