Biology:LHFP

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Lipoma HMGIC fusion partner is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LHFP gene.[1][2]

This gene is a member of the lipoma HMGIC fusion partner (LHFP) gene family, which is a subset of the superfamily of tetraspan transmembrane protein encoding genes. This gene is fused to a high-mobility group gene in a translocation-associated lipoma. Mutations in another LHFP-like gene (LHFPL1, LHFPL2) result in deafness in humans and mice. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found; however, their full-length nature is not known.[2]

References

  1. "LHFP, a novel translocation partner gene of HMGIC in a lipoma, is a member of a new family of LHFP-like genes". Genomics 57 (3): 438–41. Aug 1999. doi:10.1006/geno.1999.5778. PMID 10329012. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: LHFP lipoma HMGIC fusion partner". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=10186. 

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