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Wap Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Wap
  • Name
    whey acidic protein
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:98943
    NCBI Gene: 22373
  • Alliance
  • Transcription Start Sites
    9 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr11:6585482-6588637 bp, - strand
    From Ensembl annotation of GRCm39
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  • Genome Browsers
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 11, 4.61 cM
  • Mapping Data
    2 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    211 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    18
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_98943
protein coding gene Chr11:6585482-6588654 (-)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0018029
protein coding gene Chr11:3785417-3788409 (-)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0018002
protein coding gene Chr11:3614490-3617810 (-)
AKR/J MGP_AKRJ_G0017966
protein coding gene Chr11:3790338-3794376 (-)
BALB/cJ MGP_BALBcJ_G0017970
protein coding gene Chr11:3623188-3626575 (-)
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0017783
protein coding gene Chr11:3680316-3683340 (-)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0018422
protein coding gene Chr11:3877621-3880580 (-)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0016080
protein coding gene Chr11:3501037-3503542 (-)
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0017345
protein coding gene Chr11:3671275-3674134 (-)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0017758
protein coding gene Chr11:4310241-4313268 (-)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0017868
protein coding gene Chr11:3523720-3526908 (-)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0017860
protein coding gene Chr11:3551215-3555195 (-)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0017939
protein coding gene Chr11:3847131-3849957 (-)
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0017886
protein coding gene Chr11:3859131-3862188 (-)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0018462
protein coding gene Chr11:3821633-3824625 (-)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0017125
protein coding gene Chr11:3562551-3565706 (-)
SPRET/EiJ MGP_SPRETEiJ_G0016922
protein coding gene Chr11:3767921-3770892 (-)
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0017399
protein coding gene Chr11:3650316-3654162 (-)



Homology
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Human Diseases
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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
    3 phenotypes from 2 alleles in 2 genetic backgrounds
    9 phenotypes from multigenic genotypes
    2 images
    18 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

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Homozygous mutants are phenotypically normal and fertile. Functional differentiation of mammary epithelium is normal and dams produce milk, but pups thrive poorly on milk lacking whey acidic protein. A normal variant determines a one amino acid change inWAP protein in YBR versus other strains.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
  • GO References
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
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  • Assay Results
  • Tissues
  • cDNA Data
  • Literature Summary
  • Comparison Matrix
  • Sequences &
    Gene Models
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    Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
    genomic ENSMUSG00000000381 Ensembl Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 3156 C57BL/6J ±  kb
    transcript ENSMUST00000102910 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 551 Not Applicable  
    polypeptide ENSMUSP00000099974 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 134 Not Applicable  
    For the selected sequence
    Protein
    Information
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    Molecular
    Reagents
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    • All nucleic 246
      Genomic 5
      cDNA 237
      Primer pair 1
      Other 3

      Microarray probesets 3
    Other
    Accession IDs
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    MGD-MRK-15427
    References
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    • Summaries
      All 61
      Developmental Gene Expression 6
      Diseases 3
      Gene Ontology 3
      Phenotypes 18
    • Earliest
      J:6634 Piletz JE, et al., Biochemical characterization of a novel whey protein from murine milk. J Biol Chem. 1981 Nov 25;256(22):11509-16
    • Latest
      J:269948 Stratikopoulos EE, et al., Mouse ER+/PIK3CA(H1047R) breast cancers caused by exogenous estrogen are heterogeneously dependent on estrogen and undergo BIM-dependent apoptosis with BH3 and PI3K agents. Oncogene. 2019 Jan;38(1):47-59

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    last database update
    11/19/2024
    MGI 6.24
    The Jackson Laboratory