GUCA1A

Guanylate cyclase activator 1A (retina)

Identifiers

GUCA1A; C6orf131; COD3; CORD14; GCAP; GCAP1; GUCA; GUCA1; dJ139D8.6

External IDs

OMIM: 600364 MGI: 102770 HomoloGene: 353 GeneCards: GUCA1A Gene

Gene Ontology
Molecular function	• calcium ion binding • calcium sensitive guanylate cyclase activator activity
Cellular component	• membrane
Biological process	• signal transduction • visual perception • response to stimulus
Sources: Amigo / QuickGO

RNA expression pattern

More reference expression data

Orthologs

Species

Human

Mouse

RefSeq (mRNA)

RefSeq (protein)

Location (UCSC)

Chr 6:
42.12 – 42.15 Mb

Chr 17:
47.53 – 47.54 Mb

PubMed search

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[2]

Guanylyl cyclase-activating protein 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GUCA1A gene.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Payne AM, Downes SM, Bessant DA, Taylor R, Holder GE, Warren MJ, Bird AC, Bhattacharya SS (Mar 1998). "A mutation in guanylate cyclase activator 1A (GUCA1A) in an autosomal dominant cone dystrophy pedigree mapping to a new locus on chromosome 6p21.1". Hum Mol Genet 7 (2): 273–7. doi:10.1093/hmg/7.2.273. PMID 9425234.
^ "Entrez Gene: GUCA1A guanylate cyclase activator 1A (retina)". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=2978.

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