Mus musculus Gene: Bfsp2
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-194535.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol Bfsp2
Gene Name beaded filament structural protein 2, phakinin
Synonyms AI448593; CP49
Species Mus musculus
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000032556
Encoded Proteins
beaded filament structural protein 2, phakinin
Protein Structure
Useful resources Stemformatics EHFPI ImmGen
Entrez Gene
Summary This gene does not have any Entrez summary - the following is the summary from its human ortholog ENSG00000170819:
More than 99% of the vertebrate ocular lens is comprised of terminally differentiated lens fiber cells. Two lens-specific intermediate filament-like proteins, the protein product of this gene (phakinin), and filensin, are expressed only after fiber cell differentiation has begun. Both proteins are found in a structurally unique cytoskeletal element that is referred to as the beaded filament (BF). Mutations in this gene have been associated with juvenile-onset, progressive cataracts and Dowling-Meara epidermolysis bullosa simplex. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2009]
More than 99%% of the vertebrate ocular lens is comprised of terminally differentiated lens fiber cells. Two lens-specific intermediate filament-like proteins, the protein product of this gene (phakinin), and filensin, are expressed only after fiber cell differentiation has begun. Both proteins are found in a structurally unique cytoskeletal element that is referred to as the beaded filament (BF). Mutations in this gene have been associated with juvenile-onset, progressive cataracts and Dowling-Meara epidermolysis bullosa simplex. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2009]
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 9:103424920-103480420
Strand Reverse strand
Band F1
Transcripts
ENSMUST00000124310 ENSMUSP00000116249
ENSMUST00000136636
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 1 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
Experimentally validated
Total 1 [view]
Protein-Protein 1 [view]
Protein-DNA 0
Protein-RNA 0
DNA-DNA 0
RNA-RNA 0
DNA-RNA 0
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0005198 structural molecule activity
GO:0005212 structural constituent of eye lens
GO:0005515 protein binding
Biological Process
GO:0007010 cytoskeleton organization
GO:0007601 visual perception
GO:0045104 intermediate filament cytoskeleton organization
GO:0048469 cell maturation
GO:0050896 response to stimulus
GO:0070307 lens fiber cell development
Cellular Component
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
GO:0005882 intermediate filament
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
Orthologs
Species
Homo sapiens
Bos taurus
Gene ID
Gene Order
Not yet available
Cross-References
SwissProt
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene
UniGene
RefSeq NM_001002896
OMIM
CCDS CCDS52903
HPRD
IMGT
MGI ID
MGI Symbol
EMBL
GenPept
RNA Seq Atlas