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Gene information for TIMM8A (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID1678
Official gene symbolTIMM8A
Full nametranslocase of inner mitochondrial membrane 8 homolog A (yeast)
Aliases,DDP,DDP1,DFN1,MGC12262,MTS,TIM8,
Gene summaryThis translocase is involved in the import and insertion of hydrophobic membrane proteins from the cytoplasm into the mitochondrial inner membrane. The gene is mutated in Mohr-Tranebjaerg syndrome/Deafness Dystonia Syndrome (MTS/DDS) and it is postulated that MTS/DDS is a mitochondrial disease caused by a defective mitochondrial protein import system. Defects in this gene also cause Jensen syndrome; an X-linked disease with opticoacoustic nerve atrophy and muscle weakness. This protein, along with TIMM13, forms a 70 kDa heterohexamer. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms.
LocationChromosome: X   Locus: Xq22.1
Gene position100603957 - 100600644  Map Viewer
Gene orientationminus
Gene size3314 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID300356