Figla folliculogenesis specific basic helix-loop-helix [Mus musculus (house mouse)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: Figlaprovided by MGI
Official Full Name: folliculogenesis specific basic helix-loop-helixprovided by MGI
Primary source: MGI:MGI:1349421
See related: Ensembl:ENSMUSG00000030001 AllianceGenome:MGI:1349421
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: VALIDATED
Organism: Mus musculus
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Mus; Mus
Also known as: bHLHc8; FIGalpha
Summary: Enables DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific and RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Involved in positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Predicted to be located in nucleus. Predicted to be part of transcription regulator complex. Is expressed in follicle cell of primary follicle; oocyte of primary follicle; oocyte of secondary follicle; and ovary. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in primary ovarian insufficiency 6. Orthologous to human FIGLA (folliculogenesis specific bHLH transcription factor). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Nov 2024]
Expression: Low expression observed in reference dataset See more
Orthologs: human all
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Genomic context

Location:: 6 C3; 6 37.55 cM

Exon count:: 4

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2024_02	current	GRCm39 (GCF_000001635.27)	6	NC_000072.7 (85993476..85997978)
108.20200622	previous assembly	GRCm38.p6 (GCF_000001635.26)	6	NC_000072.6 (86016494..86020996)

Chromosome 6 - NC_000072.7 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Expression

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Project title: Mouse ENCODE transcriptome data Mouse ENCODE transcriptome data
Description: RNA profiling data sets generated by the Mouse ENCODE project.
BioProject: PRJNA66167
Publication: PMID 25409824
Analysis date: n/a

Bibliography

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

Figla promotes secondary follicle growth in mature mice.
Title: Figla promotes secondary follicle growth in mature mice.
findings substantiate a major role for FIGLA, LHX8 and SOHLH1 as multifunctional regulators of networks necessary for oocyte maintenance and differentiation during early folliculogenesis.
Title: FIGLA, LHX8 and SOHLH1 transcription factor networks regulate mouse oocyte growth and differentiation.
GFP positive cells showed the expression of germ cell markers Vasa, meiotic specific gene Stra8, Scp3, oocyte markers Gdf9, Zp3 and Figla, indicating that this method could be used for the purification and selection of female germ cells
Title: Characterization of female germ-like cells derived from mouse embryonic stem cells through expression of GFP under the control of Figla promoter.
Data suggest that a dynamic DNA CpG methylation in Sohlh2 and Figlalpha promoters, but not in the intron and exon sequences, is linked to regulation of gene expression, even though CpG islands are also present in their introns or exons.
Title: DNA methylation of germ-cell-specific basic helix-loop-helix (HLH) transcription factors, Sohlh2 and Figlα during gametogenesis.
physiological expression of Figla plays a critical dual role in activation of oocyte-associated genes and repression of sperm-associated genes during normal postnatal oogenesis
Title: FIGLA, a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, balances sexually dimorphic gene expression in postnatal oocytes.
FIGLA is a central regulator of oocyte-specific genes that play roles in folliculogenesis, fertilization and early development.
Title: Ovarian gene expression in the absence of FIGLA, an oocyte-specific transcription factor.

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Variation

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Alleles

Alleles of this type are documented at Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI)

Endonuclease-mediated (2)
Targeted (1) 1 citation

General gene information

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Markers

mFigla (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:514575

NoName (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:490555

G65193 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:225860

NoName (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:493937

Figla (e-PCR), detects polymorphism
- UniSTS:525709

Figla (e-PCR), detects polymorphism
- UniSTS:547220

Figla (e-PCR), detects polymorphism
- UniSTS:526823

Gene Ontology Provided by MGI

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables E-box binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
contributes_to E-box binding	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
enables RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables bHLH transcription factor binding	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
enables bHLH transcription factor binding	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info	PubMed
enables protein dimerization activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in developmental process	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in oogenesis	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in nucleus	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
part_of transcription regulator complex	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
part_of transcription regulator complex	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info	PubMed

General protein information

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Preferred Names: factor in the germline alpha

Names: FIG alpha; transcription factor FIGa

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

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These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

mRNA and Protein(s)

NM_012013.2 → NP_036143.1 factor in the germline alpha

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Status: VALIDATED

Source sequence(s)

AC158679, DV657415

Consensus CDS

CCDS20307.1

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

O55208

UniProtKB/TrEMBL

H6UWL1

Related

ENSMUSP00000032070.4, ENSMUST00000032070.4

Conserved Domains (1) summary

cd00083
Location:59 → 116

HLH; Helix-loop-helix domain, found in specific DNA- binding proteins that act as transcription factors; 60-100 amino acids long. A DNA-binding basic region is followed by two alpha-helices separated by a variable loop region; HLH forms homo- and heterodimers, ...

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001635.27-RS_2024_02

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Reference GRCm39 C57BL/6J

Genomic

NC_000072.7 Reference GRCm39 C57BL/6J

Range

85993476..85997978

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mRNA and Protein(s)

XM_017321595.1 → XP_017177084.1 factor in the germline alpha isoform X1

Conserved Domains (1) summary

cd11422
Location:34 → 89

bHLH_TS_FIGLA; basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain found in factor in the germline alpha (FIGLA) and similar proteins