Protein Name transcription factor A, mitochondrial
Organism Mus musculus
Gene ID 21780
Gene Symbol

Tfam

UniProt P40630 (TFAM_MOUSE)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 108
Total Number of Articles : 118
Description

transcription factor A, mitochondrial

Gene Summary

Enables mitochondrial promoter sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Involved in mitochondrial transcription. Acts upstream of or within mitochondrial respiratory chain complex assembly. Located in mitochondrial nucleoid. Is active in mitochondrion. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; branchial arch; genitourinary system; limb; and pancreas. Used to study Kearns-Sayre syndrome and Parkinson's disease. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Alzheimer's disease; Huntington's disease; Parkinson's disease; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; and mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 15. Orthologous to human TFAM (transcription factor A, mitochondrial). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2025]

synonyms
  • transcription factor A, mitochondrial
  • TS-HMG
  • testis-specific HMG-box protein m-tsHMG
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