Smn1

Rattus norvegicus

Enables fibroblast growth factor binding activity. Involved in chemical synaptic transmission. Located in Gemini of coiled bodies. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Werdnig-Hoffmann disease; adult spinal muscular atrophy; intermediate spinal muscular atrophy; juvenile spinal muscular atrophy; and spinal muscular atrophy. Orthologous to several human genes including SMN1 (survival of motor neuron 1, telomeric); PARTICIPATES IN apoptotic cell death pathway; RNA transport pathway; INTERACTS WITH (+)-schisandrin B; 1,1,1-Trichloro-2-(o-chlorophenyl)-2-(p-chlorophenyl)ethane; 17alpha-ethynylestradiol.