Pparg - peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma Gene
Also Known as Nr1c3; PPARgamma; PPAR-gamma; PPARgamma2; PPAR-gamma2
Species: Mus musculus
About Pparg
This gene has 7 transcripts (splice variants), 405 orthologues, 19 paralogues and is associated with 144 phenotypes. Biased expression in subcutaneous fat pad adult (RPKM 32.5), mammary gland adult (RPKM 26.1) and 13 other tissues.
Summary
This gene encodes a nuclear receptor protein belonging to the Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor (PPAR) family. The encoded protein is a ligand-activated transcription factor that is involved in the regulation of adipocyte differentiation and glucose homeostasis. The encoded protein forms a heterodimer with retinoid X receptors and binds to DNA motifs termed "peroxisome proliferator response elements" to either activate or inhibit gene expression. Mice lacking the encoded protein die at an embryonic stage due to severe defects in placental vascularization. When the embryos lacking this gene are supplemented with healthy placentas, the mutants survive to term, but succumb to lipodystrophy and multiple hemorrhages. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2015]
Pparg Products (5)
| mRNA | Protein | Name |
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| NM_001410262.1 | NP_001397191.1 | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma isoform 1 |
| NM_001308354.2 | NP_001295283.1 | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma isoform 1 |
| NM_001308352.2 | NP_001295281.1 | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma isoform 1 |
| NM_001127330.3 | NP_001120802.1 | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma isoform 1 |
| NM_011146.4 | NP_035276.2 | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma isoform 2 |
| Protein Preferred Names | Protein Names | |
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peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma |
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