Pjvk - pejvakin Gene

Predicted to be involved in pexophagy; programmed cell death in response to reactive oxygen species; and regulation of peroxisome organization. Predicted to act upstream of or within cell death; detection of mechanical stimulus involved in sensory perception of sound; and stereocilium maintenance. Predicted to be located in several cellular components, including cytoskeleton; peroxisomal membrane; and stereocilium base. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal recessive nonsyndromic deafness 59. Orthologous to human PJVK (pejvakin). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]