intraflagellar transport 81 (carnitine deficiency-associated protein expressed in ventricle 1, CDV-1 protein, IFT81, CDV1)

Function

• isoform CDV-1R may play a role in development of testis & spermatogenesis

Alternative splicing

• alternative initiation
• named isoforms=3

Expression

• expressed in testis > ovary, heart, liver, skeletal muscle, kidney, pancreas > prostate, brain, placenta, lung
• not detected in spleen, thymus, small intestine, colon
• isoform CDV-1R is abundantly expressed in testis

Pathology

• isoform CDV-1 may be involved in cardiac hypertrophy caused by carnitine deficiency

More general terms

• other protein

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/605489
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q8WYA0.html