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ISCU iron-sulfur cluster assembly enzyme

Gene ID: 23479, updated on 2-Nov-2024
Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: HML; ISU2; NIFU; NIFUN; hnifU; 2310020H20Rik

Summary

This gene encodes a component of the iron-sulfur (Fe-S) cluster scaffold. Fe-S clusters are cofactors that play a role in the function of a diverse set of enzymes, including those that regulate metabolism, iron homeostasis, and oxidative stress response. Alternative splicing results in transcript variants encoding different protein isoforms that localize either to the cytosol or to the mitochondrion. Mutations in this gene have been found in patients with hereditary myopathy with lactic acidosis. A disease-associated mutation in an intron may activate a cryptic splice site, resulting in the production of a splice variant encoding a putatively non-functional protein. A pseudogene of this gene is present on chromosome 1. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2016]

Associated conditions

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DescriptionTests
Genome-wide association study identifies three novel susceptibility loci for severe Acne vulgaris.
GeneReviews: Not available
Hereditary myopathy with lactic acidosis due to ISCU deficiency
MedGen: C1850718OMIM: 255125GeneReviews: Not available
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Genomic context

Location:
12q23.3
Sequence:
Chromosome: 12; NC_000012.12 (108561463..108569384)
Total number of exons:
8

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