LongevityMap Gene

Gene details

HGNC symbol
PTAR1 
Aliases
 
Common name
protein prenyltransferase alpha subunit repeat containing 1 
Description
Cytogenetic Location
9q21.12
UCSC Genome Browser
View 9q21.12 on the UCSC genome browser
OMIM
Ensembl
ENSG00000188647
UniProt/Swiss-Prot
PTAR1_HUMAN
Entrez Gene
375743
UniGene
744192
1000 Genomes
1000 Genomes

Homologs in model organisms

Danio rerio
ptar1
Drosophila melanogaster
temp
Mus musculus
Ptar1
Rattus norvegicus
Ptar1

Studies (1)

Significant/Non-significant: 1/0

Longevity Association
Significant
Population
American (Caucasian)
Study Design
Genome-wide association study in 801 centenarians and 914 healthy controls
Conclusions
281 SNPs were found to discriminate between cases and controls
Indentifier
rs7857137
Reference