TSHZ3

TSHZ3
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases TSHZ3, TSH3, ZNF537, teashirt zinc finger homeobox 3
External IDs MGI: 2442819 HomoloGene: 10835 GeneCards: TSHZ3
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

57616

243931

Ensembl

ENSG00000121297

ENSMUSG00000021217

UniProt

Q63HK5

Q8CGV9

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_020856

NM_172298

RefSeq (protein)

NP_065907.2

NP_758502.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 19: 31.27 – 31.35 Mb Chr 7: 36.7 – 36.77 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Teashirt homolog 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TSHZ3 gene.[3] In mice, it is a necessary part of the neural circuitry that controls breathing. The gene is also a homolog of the Drosophila melanogaster teashirt gene, which encodes a zinc finger transcription factor important for development of the trunk.

Tshz3-knockout mice do not develop the respiratory rhythm generator (RRG) neural circuit, which is a pacemaker that produces an oscillating rhythm in the brainstem and controls autonomous breathing. The RRG neurons are present, but are abnormal. Those mice do not survive because they don't initiate breathing after birth. Tshz-3 is being studied for its relationship to infant breathing defects in humans.[4]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. "Entrez Gene: TSHZ3 teashirt family zinc finger 3".
  4. Caubit X, Thoby-Brisson M, Voituron N, Filippi P, Bévengut M, Faralli H, Zanella S, Fortin G, Hilaire G, Fasano L (July 2010). "Teashirt 3 regulates development of neurons involved in both respiratory rhythm and airflow control". J. Neurosci. 30 (28): 9465–76. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1765-10.2010. PMID 20631175. Lay summary New Scientist.

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