Protein Name chitinase, acidic 1
Organism Mus musculus
Gene ID 81600
Gene Symbol

Chia1

UniProt Q91XA9 (CHIA_MOUSE)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 29
Total Number of Articles : 25
Description

chitinase, acidic 1

Gene Summary

Enables chitin binding activity and chitinase activity. Involved in chitin catabolic process. Located in cytoplasm. Is expressed in choroid plexus; lung; and nervous system. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in asthma. Orthologous to human CHIA (chitinase acidic). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

synonyms
  • acidic mammalian chitinase
  • acidic chitinase
  • 2200003E03Rik
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Properties