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Tfam Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Tfam
  • Name
    transcription factor A, mitochondrial
  • Synonyms
    Hmgts, mtTFA, tsHMG
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:107810
    NCBI Gene: 21780
  • Alliance
    gene page
  • Transcription Start Sites
    4 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr10:71061294-71074110 bp, - strand
    From Ensembl annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
    Ensembl | UCSC | NCBI
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 10, 36.83 cM, cytoband B5
  • Mapping Data
    9 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    468 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    18
  • RFLP
    2
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_107810
 protein coding gene Chr10:71061294-71074157 (-)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0017342
 protein coding gene Chr10:71211807-71224527 (-)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0017319
 protein coding gene Chr10:68761530-68774367 (-)
AKR/J MGP_AKRJ_G0017280
 protein coding gene Chr10:70645656-70658938 (-)
BALB/cJ MGP_BALBcJ_G0017279
 protein coding gene Chr10:68963470-68976852 (-)
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0017103
 protein coding gene Chr10:70651059-70663940 (-)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0017737
 protein coding gene Chr10:73744069-73756794 (-)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0015427
 protein coding gene Chr10:65336741-65347180 (-)
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0016673
 protein coding gene Chr10:70812189-70821694 (-)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0017075
 protein coding gene Chr10:76619919-76632735 (-)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0017180
 protein coding gene Chr10:68117909-68130690 (-)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0017173
 protein coding gene Chr10:67285696-67298605 (-)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0017253
 protein coding gene Chr10:71650974-71660920 (-)
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0017201
 protein coding gene Chr10:78670097-78683484 (-)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0017776
 protein coding gene Chr10:70612295-70625115 (-)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0016457
 protein coding gene Chr10:67978490-67988266 (-)
SPRET/EiJ MGP_SPRETEiJ_G0016240
 protein coding gene Chr10:69973296-69986359 (-)
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0016737
 protein coding gene Chr10:70558799-70572013 (-)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    TFAM, transcription factor A, mitochondrial
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    3
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    TFAM, transcription factor A, mitochondrial
  • Synonyms
    MTDPS15, MTTF1, MTTFA, TCF6, TCF6L1, TCF6L2, TCF6L3
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 7019
    neXtProt AC: NX_Q00059
    UniProt: Q00059

  • Chr Location
    10q21.1; chr10:58385345-58399220 (+)  GRCh38
Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    2 with Tfam mouse models; 5 with human TFAM associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
IDs
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IDs
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IDs
IDs
IDs
IDs
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  • Mutations/Alleles
    1 with disease annotations
  • References
    3 with disease annotations
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    70 phenotypes from 4 alleles in 8 genetic backgrounds
    8 phenotypes from multigenic genotypes
    5 images
    145 phenotype references
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

Click cells to view annotations.
Homozygous null mutants exhibit retarded growth, abnormal somite development, lack of optic discs, cardiac defects and delayed neural development. Mutants die by embryonic day 10.5.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
    35
  • GO References
    12
Molecular Function

carbohydrate derivative binding
cytoskeletal protein binding
DNA binding
enzyme regulator
hydrolase
ligase
lipid binding
oxidoreductase
RNA binding
signaling receptor activity
signaling receptor binding
transcription
transferase
transporter
Biological Process

carbohydrate derivative metabolism
cell differentiation
cell population proliferation
cellular component organization
DNA-templated transcription
establishment of localization
homeostatic process
immune system process
lipid metabolic process
programmed cell death
protein metabolic process
response to stimulus
signaling
system development
Cellular Component

cell projection
cytoplasmic vesicle
cytoskeleton
cytosol
endoplasmic reticulum
endosome
extracellular region
Golgi apparatus
mitochondrion
membraneless organelle
nucleus
organelle envelope
organelle lumen
plasma membrane
protein-containing complex
synapse
vacuole
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Expression
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Expression Overview

early conceptus
embryo ectoderm
embryo endoderm
embryo mesoderm
embryo mesenchyme
extraembryonic component
alimentary system
auditory system
branchial arches
cardiovascular system
connective tissue
endocrine system
exocrine system
hemolymphoid system
integumental system
limbs
liver and biliary system
musculoskeletal system
nervous system
olfactory system
reproductive system
respiratory system
urinary system
visual system
Click cells to view annotations.


  • Assay Results
    914
  • Tissues
    99
  • cDNA Data
    129
  • Literature Summary
    38
  • Comparison Matrix
    Gene Expression + Phenotype
    • Sequences &
    Gene Models
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    Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
    genomic ENSMUSG00000003923 Ensembl Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 12817 C57BL/6J ±  kb
    transcript ENSMUST00000092430 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 4167 Not Applicable  
    polypeptide ENSMUSP00000090086 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 243 Not Applicable  
    For the selected sequence
    Protein
    Information
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    Molecular
    Reagents
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    • All nucleic 145
      Genomic 9
      cDNA 129
      Primer pair 5
      Other 2

      Microarray probesets 5
    Other
    Accession IDs
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    MGD-MRK-29055, MGD-MRK-36387, MGI:2143662
    References
    more
    • Summaries
      All 236
      Developmental Gene Expression 38
      Diseases 3
      Gene Ontology 12
      Phenotypes 145
    • Earliest
      J:109968 Roderick TH, et al., Nineteen paracentric chromosomal inversions in mice. Genetics. 1974 Jan;76(1):109-17
    • Latest
      J:345890 Ay M, et al., Mito-metformin protects against mitochondrial dysfunction and dopaminergic neuronal degeneration by activating upstream PKD1 signaling in cell culture and MitoPark animal models of Parkinson's disease. Front Neurosci. 2024;18:1356703
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    11/12/2024
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