Fibrocystin
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| polycystic kidney and hepatic disease 1 (autosomal recessive) | |
|---|---|
| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | PKHD1 |
| Alt. symbols | TIGM1 |
| Entrez | 5314 |
| HUGO | 9016 |
| OMIM | 606702 |
| RefSeq | NM_138694 |
| UniProt | Q8TCZ9 |
| Other data | |
| Locus | Chr. 6 p21.2-p12 |
Fibrocystin is a large, receptor-like protein that is thought to be involved in the tubulogenesis and/or maintenance of duct-lumen architecture of epithelium.[1] FPC associates with the primary cilia of epithelial cells and co-localizes with the Pkd2 gene product polycystin-2 (PC2), suggesting that these two proteins may function in a common molecular pathway.
Pathology
Mutations of its encoding gene (chromosomal locus 6p12.2) can cause autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease.
References
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External links
- GeneReviews/NIH/NCBI/UW entry on Polycystic Kidney Disease, Autosomal Recessive
- fibrocystin protein, human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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