Mus musculus Gene: Bfsp1
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-208336.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol Bfsp1
Gene Name beaded filament structural protein 1, in lens-CP94
Synonyms CP95
Species Mus musculus
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000027420
Encoded Proteins
beaded filament structural protein 1, in lens-CP94
beaded filament structural protein 1, in lens-CP94
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 ENSG00000125864:
More than 99% of the vertebrate ocular lens is comprised of terminally differentiated lens fiber cells. Two lens-specific intermediate filament-like proteins, CP49 (also known as phakinin) and the protein product of this gene, 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 are the cause of autosomal recessive cortical juvenile-onset cataract. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2009]
This gene encodes a lens-specific intermediate filament-like protein named filensin. The encoded protein is expressed in lens fiber cells after differentiation has begun. This protein functions as a component of the beaded filament which is a cytoskeletal structure found in lens fiber cells. Mutations in this gene are the cause of autosomal recessive cortical juvenile-onset cataract. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2013]
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 2:143826528-143863173
Strand Reverse strand
Band G1
Transcripts
ENSMUST00000028907 ENSMUSP00000028907
ENSMUST00000099296 ENSMUSP00000096899
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 1 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 2 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.
Experimentally validated
Total 1 [view]
Protein-Protein 1 [view]
Protein-DNA 0
Protein-RNA 0
DNA-DNA 0
RNA-RNA 0
DNA-RNA 0
Predicted by orthology
Total 2 [view]
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:0048469 cell maturation
GO:0070307 lens fiber cell development
Cellular Component
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
GO:0005739 mitochondrion
GO:0005882 intermediate filament
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
GO:0015629 actin cytoskeleton
Orthologs
Species
Homo sapiens
Bos taurus
Gene ID
Gene Order
Not yet available
Cross-References
SwissProt
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene
UniGene Mm.275937
RefSeq NM_001291061 NM_009751 XM_006498613
OMIM
CCDS CCDS16811 CCDS71154
HPRD
IMGT
MGI ID
MGI Symbol
EMBL
GenPept
RNA Seq Atlas