Biology:SLC25A21

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Mitochondrial 2-oxodicarboxylate carrier also known as solute carrier family 25 member 21 (SLC25A21) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC25A21 gene.[1]

It is a homolog of the S. cerevisiae ODC proteins, mitochondrial carriers that transport C5-C7 oxodicarboxylates across inner mitochondrial membranes. One of the species transported by ODC is 2-oxoadipate, a common intermediate in the catabolism of lysine, tryptophan, and hydroxylysine in mammals. Within mitochondria, 2-oxoadipate is converted into acetyl-CoA.[1]

Model organisms

Model organisms have been used in the study of SLC25A21 function. A conditional knockout mouse line, called Slc25a21tm1a(KOMP)Wtsi[11][12] was generated as part of the International Knockout Mouse Consortium program — a high-throughput mutagenesis project to generate and distribute animal models of disease to interested scientists.[13][14][15]

Male and female animals underwent a standardized phenotypic screen to determine the effects of deletion.[9][16] Twenty one tests were carried out on homozygous mutant mice and ten significant abnormalities were observed, including sub-viability at weaning, decreased body weight, absent pinna reflex, abnormal snout, skull, spine and tooth morphology, atypical indirect calorimetry, body composition and plasma chemistry data, increased mean platelet volume and moderate elevations in auditory thresholds.[9]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Solute carrier family 25 (mitochondrial oxodicarboxylate carrier), member 21". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/89874. Retrieved 2011-12-04. 
  2. "Body weight data for Slc25a21". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. http://www.sanger.ac.uk/mouseportal/phenotyping/MBJE/weight-curves/. 
  3. "Dysmorphology data for Slc25a21". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. http://www.sanger.ac.uk/mouseportal/phenotyping/MBJE/dysmorphology/. 
  4. "Indirect calorimetry data for Slc25a21". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. http://www.sanger.ac.uk/mouseportal/phenotyping/MBJE/indirect-calorimetry/. 
  5. "DEXA data for Slc25a21". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. http://www.sanger.ac.uk/mouseportal/phenotyping/MBJE/body-composition-dexa/. 
  6. "Radiography data for Slc25a21". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. http://www.sanger.ac.uk/mouseportal/phenotyping/MBJE/x-ray-imaging/. 
  7. "Clinical chemistry data for Slc25a21". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. http://www.sanger.ac.uk/mouseportal/phenotyping/MBJE/plasma-chemistry/. 
  8. "Haematology data for Slc25a21". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. http://www.sanger.ac.uk/mouseportal/phenotyping/MBJE/haematology-cbc/. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Gerdin AK (2010). "The Sanger Mouse Genetics Programme: High throughput characterisation of knockout mice". Acta Ophthalmologica 88: 925–7. doi:10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.4142.x. 
  10. Mouse Resources Portal, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
  11. "International Knockout Mouse Consortium". http://www.knockoutmouse.org/martsearch/search?query=Slc25a21. 
  12. "Mouse Genome Informatics". http://www.informatics.jax.org/searchtool/Search.do?query=MGI:4364913. 
  13. "A conditional knockout resource for the genome-wide study of mouse gene function". Nature 474 (7351): 337–42. June 2011. doi:10.1038/nature10163. PMID 21677750. 
  14. "Mouse library set to be knockout". Nature 474 (7351): 262–3. June 2011. doi:10.1038/474262a. PMID 21677718. 
  15. "A mouse for all reasons". Cell 128 (1): 9–13. January 2007. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.12.018. PMID 17218247. 
  16. "The mouse genetics toolkit: revealing function and mechanism". Genome Biology 12 (6): 224. June 2011. doi:10.1186/gb-2011-12-6-224. PMID 21722353. 

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