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Facts about Otoancorin.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | OTOA |
Uniprot: | Q7RTW8 |
Entrez: | 146183 |
Belongs to: |
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stereocilin family |
Otoancorin
Mass (kDA):
128.533 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 16p12.2|16p12.2 |
Sequence: | 16; NC_000016.10 (21663968..21762625) |
Apical cell membrane; Lipid-anchor, GPI-anchor; Extracellular side. Secreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix. At the interface between the apical surface of the epithelia and the overlying acellular gel of the tectorial and otoconial membranes.
PMID: 11972037 by Zwaenepoel I., et al. Otoancorin, an inner ear protein restricted to the interface between the apical surface of sensory epithelia and their overlying acellular gels, is defective in autosomal recessive deafness DFNB22.