Gene Information
Gene NameDTNA
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length743
Protein NamesDystrobrevin alpha (DTN-A) (Alpha-dystrobrevin) (Dystrophin-related protein 3)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age645 ( ENSG00000134769 )
Evolutionary StageEumetazoa
AlphaFoldDBQ9Y4J8
Gene CardDTNA
Uniprot IDQ9Y4J8
PfamPF09068; PF09069; PF00569
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.323744317)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ DTNA ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ DTNA ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ DTNA ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ DTNA ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Dtna ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ DTNA ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Dtna ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ DTNA ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsDTNB
ParalogsDSP, SPTBN5, ACTN4, MICAL2, DMD, SYNE3, GAS2L2, SPTBN2, FLNB, SPTAN1, SYNE2, PLEC, EPPK1, SYNE1, CLMN, DYTN, MICAL3, PKHD1, SMTNL2, DRP2, UTRN, PKHD1L1, ACTN2, ACTN3, MICAL1, SPTBN1, MACF1, ACTN1, DST, SPTB, GAS2L3, FLNC, FLNA, SPTA1, DTNB, SPTBN4
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityHighly expressed in brain, skeletal and cardiac muscles, and expressed at lower levels in lung, liver and pancreas. Isoform 2 is not expressed in cardiac muscle. Isoform 7 and isoform 8 are only expressed in muscle.
Pharmacological Animal Models0.077131(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);NULL(Rat);NULL(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 2E5R  (NMR 
DBSNP rs104894654  rs1048081 
Subcellular location [CC]Cytoplasm. Synapse. Cell membrane {ECO:0000250}. Note=In peripheral nerves, colocalizes with MAGEE1 in the Schwann cell membrane. {ECO:0000250}.
Mouse PG classificationHPG
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