Alpha-tectorin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TECTA gene.[5][6][7]

TECTA
Identifiers
AliasesTECTA, DFNA12, DFNA8, DFNB21, tectorin alpha
External IDsOMIM: 602574; MGI: 109575; HomoloGene: 3955; GeneCards: TECTA; OMA:TECTA - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_005422

NM_009347
NM_001324548
NM_001378602

RefSeq (protein)

NP_005413

NP_001311477
NP_033373
NP_001365531

Location (UCSC)Chr 11: 121.1 – 121.19 MbChr 9: 42.24 – 42.31 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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The tectorial membrane is an apical extracellular matrix (aECM) of the inner ear that contacts the stereocilia bundles of specialized sensory hair cells. Sound induces movement of these hair cells relative to the tectorial membrane, deflects the stereocilia, and leads to fluctuations in hair-cell membrane potential, transducing sound into electrical signals. Alpha-tectorin is one of the major noncollagenous components of the tectorial membrane. Mutations in the TECTA gene have been shown to be responsible for autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing impairment and a recessive form of sensorineural pre-lingual non-syndromic deafness.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000109927Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000037705Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Hughes DC, Legan PK, Steel KP, Richardson GP (Apr 1998). "Mapping of the alpha-tectorin gene (TECTA) to mouse chromosome 9 and human chromosome 11: a candidate for human autosomal dominant nonsyndromic deafness". Genomics. 48 (1): 46–51. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.5159. PMID 9503015.
  6. ^ Verhoeven K, Van Laer L, Kirschhofer K, Legan PK, Hughes DC, Schatteman I, Verstreken M, Van Hauwe P, Coucke P, Chen A, Smith RJ, Somers T, Offeciers FE, Van de Heyning P, Richardson GP, Wachtler F, Kimberling WJ, Willems PJ, Govaerts PJ, Van Camp G (May 1998). "Mutations in the human alpha-tectorin gene cause autosomal dominant non-syndromic hearing impairment". Nat Genet. 19 (1): 60–2. doi:10.1038/ng0598-60. PMID 9590290. S2CID 24814696.
  7. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: TECTA tectorin alpha".

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