Hearing impairment is a heterogeneous condition with over 40 loci described. The protein encoded by this gene is expressed in fetal cochlea, however, its function is not known. Nonsyndromic hearing impairment is associated with a mutation in this gene. Three transcript variants encoding two different isoforms have been found for this gene.
Categories
Primary Antibodies
Clonality
polyclonal
Description
DFNA5 (deafness, autosomal dominant 5), also known as ICERE-1, is a 496 amino acid protein that is expressed in cochlea tissue, as well as in placenta, brain, heart, liver, lung and pancreas. Defects in the gene encoding DFNA5 are the cause of non-syndromic sensorineural deafness autosomal dominant type 5 (DFNA5), a form of sensorineural hearing loss that results from damage to one of various structures that receive sound information in the brain.