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Cochlin

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Template:PBB Cochlin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the COCH gene.[1][2]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is highly conserved in human, mouse, and chicken, showing 94% and 79% amino acid identity of human to mouse and chicken sequences, respectively. Hybridization to this gene was detected in spindle-shaped cells located along nerve fibers between the auditory ganglion and sensory epithelium. These cells accompany neurites at the habenula perforata, the opening through which neurites extend to innervate hair cells. This and the pattern of expression of this gene in chicken inner ear paralleled the histologic findings of acidophilic deposits, consistent with mucopolysaccharide ground substance, in temporal bones from DFNA9 (autosomal dominant nonsyndromic sensorineural deafness 9) patients. Mutations that cause DFNA9 have been reported in this gene.[2]

References

  1. ^ Robertson NG, Lu L, Heller S, Merchant SN, Eavey RD, McKenna M, Nadol JB Jr, Miyamoto RT, Linthicum FH Jr, Lubianca Neto JF, Hudspeth AJ, Seidman CE, Morton CC, Seidman JG (Nov 1998). "Mutations in a novel cochlear gene cause DFNA9, a human nonsyndromic deafness with vestibular dysfunction". Nat Genet. 20 (3): 299–303. doi:10.1038/3118. PMID 9806553.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: COCH coagulation factor C homolog, cochlin (Limulus polyphemus)".

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