XB-FEAT-1010194

tafazzin

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summary for human TAFAZZIN from NCBI

This gene encodes a protein that is expressed at high levels in cardiac and skeletal muscle. Mutations in this gene have been associated with a number of clinical disorders including Barth syndrome, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), hypertrophic DCM, endocardial fibroelastosis, and left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC). Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described. A long form and a short form of each of these isoforms is produced; the short form lacks a hydrophobic leader sequence and may exist as a cytoplasmic protein rather than being membrane-bound. Other alternatively spliced transcripts have been described but the full-length nature of all these transcripts is not known. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Annotation information

Note: TAZ (GeneID 6901) and WWTR1 (GeneID 25937) loci share the TAZ symbol/alias in common. TAZ is a widely used alternative name for the transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif (WWTR1) conflicting with the [EARLIER] official symbol for tafazzin (TAZ). [19 Jun 2012]NOTE NOMENCLATURE CHANGES HAVE ADDRESSED THIS CONFLICT.

nomenclature changes

03.17.2021 Human symbol has changed for genepage ID: 1010194 From TAZ to TAFAZZIN Xenopus symbol has changed for genepage ID: 1010194 From taz to tafazzin

Human symbol has changed for Entrez Gene: 6901. From TAZ to TAFAZZIN

Human name has changed for Entrez Gene: 6901. From tafazzin to tafazzin, phospholipid-lysophospholipid transacylase