Chromosome 11 Open Reading Frame 73 (C11orf73)

C11orf73 is a protein important in lung and multicellular organismal development. C11orf73 is found on chromosome 11 in humans and chromosome 7 in mice. Similar sequences are found in most animal and fungal species. The mouse homolog, lethal gene on chromosome 7 Rinchik 6 protein is encoded by the l7Rn6 gene. Chromosome 11 Open Reading Frame 73 is a protein-coding gene in Homo sapiens. Alternate names for the gene are FLJ43020, HSPC138, HSPC179, and L7RN6. Located on long arm of chromosome 11 at area q14.2, the entire gene including introns and exons is 42,698 base pairs on the plus strand. The mRNA of C11orf73 Variant 1 includes exons 1, 3, 4, 5, and 7 amounting to 1,183 base pairs, with base pairs 239 to 832 representing the coding regions.