Myotubularin 1
Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
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Myotubularin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MTM1 gene.[5]
External IDsOMIM: 300415; MGI: 1099452; HomoloGene: 37279; GeneCards: MTM1; OMA:MTM1 - orthologs
This gene is a member of a gene family that encodes lipid phosphatases. Myotubularin is required for muscle cell differentiation and mutations in this gene have been identified as being responsible for X-linked myotubular myopathy.[5]