TECTB
Identifiers
Aliases	TECTB, tectorin beta
External IDs	OMIM: 602653 MGI: 109574 HomoloGene: 7568 GeneCards: TECTB
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 10 (human)[1] Band 10q25.2 Start 112,283,400 bp[1] End 112,305,038 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 19 (mouse)[2] Band 19 D2|19 51.13 cM Start 55,169,165 bp[2] End 55,184,745 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in retinal pigment epithelium liver right lobe of liver right lobe of thyroid gland putamen temporal lobe mesencephalon left lobe of thyroid gland substantia nigra caudate nucleus Top expressed in organ of Corti utricle cochlea saccule stria vascularis brown adipose tissue white adipose tissue esophagus stomach More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function extracellular matrix structural constituent Cellular component anchored component of membrane membrane extracellular region plasma membrane extracellular matrix Biological process C-terminal protein lipidation Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 6975 21684 Ensembl ENSG00000119913 ENSMUSG00000024979 UniProt Q96PL2 O08524 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_058222 NM_009348 RefSeq (protein) NP_478129 NP_033374 Location (UCSC) Chr 10: 112.28 – 112.31 Mb Chr 19: 55.17 – 55.18 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Beta-tectorin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TECTB gene.^[5]

Function

The genes for alpha-tectorin and beta-tectorin (this protein) encode the major noncollagenous proteins of the tectorial membrane of the cochlea.^[5]