Aliases C9orf64 Ensembl ENSG00000165118 | Entrez 84267 | |
External IDs MGI: 1917403 HomoloGene: 13005 GeneCards: C9orf64 | ||
C9orf64 (Chromosome 9 open reading frame 64) is a gene located on chromosome 9, that in humans encodes the protein LOC84267. The function and biological process of protein LOC84267 is not well understood by the scientific community. The most common mRNA contains 4 coding exons. C9orf64 has been found in 5 different splice variants.
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Protein
LOC84267 is 341 amino acids long with a molecular weight of 39,029 Daltons and an isoelectric point of 5.61. It is a member of the DUF2419 superfamily. The DUF position on the human protein is from amino acid 53 to 341. Bioinformatic tools at ExPASy predicted a second peroxisomal targeting signal.
Gene locus
C9orf64 is located on chromosome 9q21.32. The genes closest to C9orf64 on the long arm of chromosome 9 include GKAP1, KIF27, HNRNPK, RMI1, and a MicroRNA MIR7-1.
Homology
C9orf64 is only found in eukaryotes. Orthologs have been found from primates to fungi and plants.