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  2. FEZ1 - fasciculation and elongation protein zeta 1 Gene

FEZ1 - fasciculation and elongation protein zeta 1 Gene

Homo sapiens

Also known as UNC-76

Gene ID: 9638 | Gene type: protein coding

About FEZ1

Cytogenetic location: 11q24.2 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38): 11:125,442,881-125,496,265 (from NCBI)

This gene has 17 transcripts (splice variants), 219 orthologues and 1 paralogue. Biased expression in brain (RPKM 74.3), urinary bladder (RPKM 9.7) and 4 other tissues.

Summary

This gene is an ortholog of the C. elegans unc-76 gene, which is necessary for normal axonal bundling and elongation within axon bundles. Expression of this gene in C. elegans unc-76 mutants can restore to the mutants partial locomotion and axonal fasciculation, suggesting that it also functions in axonal outgrowth. The N-terminal half of the gene product is highly acidic. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms of this protein have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

FEZ1 Products(2)

mRNA Protein Name
NM_005103.5 NP_005094.1 fasciculation and elongation protein zeta-1 isoform 1
NM_022549.4 NP_072043.1 fasciculation and elongation protein zeta-1 isoform 2

FEZ1 Protein Structure

FEZ

FEZ: FEZ-like protein (58 - 299)

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Protein Preferred Names Protein Names

fasciculation and elongation protein zeta-1

zygin I

Related Diseases

Diseases Alias
Lissencephaly 1

LIS1

Classic Lissencephaly

Ils

Subcortical Laminar Heterotopia

Lissencephaly Due To Lis1 Mutation

Lissencephaly Sequence, Isolated

Lissencephaly, Classic

Pafah1b1-Related Lissencephaly

Classical Lissencephaly

Lissencephaly Type 1

Lissencephaly-1

Subcortical Band Heterotopia

Double Cortex

Lissencephaly Classic

Lissencephaly Sequence Isolated

Isolated Lissencephaly Sequence

Type 1 Lissencephaly

Lissencephaly Syndrome Type 1

SBH

Sclh

Lissencephaly, Type 1

Type I Lissencephaly

Schizophrenia

SCZD

Schizophrenia With Or Without An Affective Disorder

Schizophrenia 12

Schizophrenia, Susceptibility To

Schizophrenia-1

Dementia Praecox

Schizophrenia 1

Jacobsen Syndrome

Chromosome 11q Deletion Syndrome

Partial 11q Monosomy Syndrome

Jacobsen Distal 11q Deletion Syndrome

JBS

11q Partial Monosomy Syndrome

Chromosome 11q Deletion

11q Deletion

11q Monosomy

Deletion 11q

Monosomy 11q

Partial Monosomy 11q

11q Deletion Disorder

11q Deletion Syndrome

11q Terminal Deletion Disorder

11q- Deletion Syndrome

11q23 Deletion Disorder

Jacobsen Thrombocytopenia

11q Terminal Deletion Syndrome

Del(11)(Q23.3)

Del(11)(Qter)

Distal Deletion 11q

Distal Monosomy 11q

Monosomy 11qter

Telomeric Deletion 11q

Paris-Trousseau Thrombocytopenia

Diseases Alias
Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Orthologs Information

Species Symbol Source ID
Macaca mulatta FEZ1 VGNC VGNC:72639
Mus musculus FEZ1 MGD MGI:2670976
Rattus norvegicus FEZ1 RGD RGD:619708
Felis catus FEZ1 VGNC VGNC:62234
Canis familiaris FEZ1 VGNC VGNC:40827
Bos taurus FEZ1 VGNC VGNC:28957