Family with sequence similarity 19 (chemokine (C-C motif)-like), member A1

FAM19A1
Identifiers
Aliases FAM19A1, TAFA-1, TAFA1, Family with sequence similarity 19 (chemokine (C-C motif)-like), member A1, family with sequence similarity 19 member A1, C-C motif chemokine like
External IDs MGI: 2443695 HomoloGene: 45655 GeneCards: FAM19A1
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

407738

320265

Ensembl

ENSG00000183662

ENSMUSG00000059187

UniProt

Q7Z5A9

Q7TPG8

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_213609
NM_001252216

NM_182808

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001239145.1
NP_998774.2

NP_877960.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 3: 68 – 68.55 Mb Chr 6: 96.11 – 96.66 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Protein FAM19A1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FAM19A1 gene.[3][4]

This gene is a member of the TAFA family which is composed of five highly homologous genes that encode small secreted proteins. These proteins contain conserved cysteine residues at fixed positions, and are distantly related to MIP-1alpha, a member of the CC-chemokine family. The TAFA proteins are predominantly expressed in specific regions of the brain, and are postulated to function as brain-specific chemokines or neurokines that act as regulators of immune and nervous cells.[4]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Tom Tang Y, Emtage P, Funk WD, Hu T, Arterburn M, Park EE, Rupp F (Mar 2004). "TAFA: a novel secreted family with conserved cysteine residues and restricted expression in the brain". Genomics. 83 (4): 727–34. doi:10.1016/j.ygeno.2003.10.006. PMID 15028294.
  4. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: FAM19A1 family with sequence similarity 19 (chemokine (C-C motif)-like), member A1".

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