TAFA1

This gene is a member of the TAFA family which is composed of five highly homologous genes that encode small secreted proteins. These proteins contain conserved cysteine residues at fixed positions, and are distantly related to MIP-1alpha, a member of the CC-chemokine family. The TAFA proteins are predominantly expressed in specific regions of the brain, and are postulated to function as brain-specific chemokines or neurokines that act as regulators of immune and nervous cells. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Description

TAFA chemokine like family member 1

Tissue specificity

Tissue enriched (brain)

Predicted location

Intracellular, Secreted in brain

Protein family

Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Predicted intracellular proteins
Predicted secreted proteins

Chromosome

3 (68004247 - 68545621)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000183662  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Tafa1: ENSMUSG00000059187

UniProt

Q7Z5A9

neXtProt

NX_Q7Z5A9

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure