IRGM

Immunity-related GTPase family, M
Identifiers
Symbols IRGM ; IFI1; IRGM1; LRG-47; LRG47
External IDs OMIM: 608212 MGI: 107567 HomoloGene: 78363 GeneCards: IRGM Gene
EC number 3.6.5.-
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 345611 54396
Ensembl ENSG00000237693 ENSMUSG00000069874
UniProt A1A4Y4 Q60766
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001145805 NM_019440
RefSeq (protein) NP_001139277 NP_062313
Location (UCSC) Chr 5:
150.85 – 150.9 Mb
Chr 11:
58.2 – 58.22 Mb
PubMed search

Immunity-related GTPase family M protein (IRGM), also known as interferon-inducible protein 1 (IFI1), is an enzyme that in humans is IRGM gene.[1]

IRGM is a member of the interferon-inducible GTPase family. The encoded protein may play a role in the innate immune response by regulating autophagy formation in response to intracellular pathogens.

Clinical relevance

Polymorphisms that affect the normal expression of this gene are associated with a susceptibility to Crohn's disease and tuberculosis.[2]

References

  1. "Entrez Gene: immunity-related GTPase family".
  2. Prescott NJ, Dominy KM, Kubo M, Lewis CM, Fisher SA, Redon R, Huang N, Stranger BE, Blaszczyk K, Hudspith B, Parkes G, Hosono N, Yamazaki K, Onnie CM, Forbes A, Dermitzakis ET, Nakamura Y, Mansfield JC, Sanderson J, Hurles ME, Roberts RG, Mathew CG (May 2010). "Independent and population-specific association of risk variants at the IRGM locus with Crohn's disease". Hum. Mol. Genet. 19 (9): 1828–39. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddq041. PMC 2850616. PMID 20106866.

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