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TLL1

Tolloid-like protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TLL1 gene.

Last revised
Jul 12, 2026
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Length
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Source
TLL1
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesTLL1, ASD6, TLL, tolloid like 1
External IDsOMIM: 606742; MGI: 106923; HomoloGene: 49202; GeneCards: TLL1; OMA:TLL1 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001204760
NM_012464

NM_009390

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001191689
NP_036596

NP_033416

Location (UCSC)Chr 4: 165.87 – 166.1 MbChr 8: 64.47 – 64.66 Mb
PubMed search34
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Tolloid-like protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TLL1 gene.56

This gene encodes an astacin-like zinc-dependent metalloprotease and is a subfamily member of the metzincin family. A similar protein in mice is required during heart development and specifically processes procollagen C-propeptides and chordin at similar cleavage sites.6

In clinical context, TLL1 was mostly associated with atrial septal defect in an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance of loss-of-function mutations.7 However, functional studies have also linked its gain-of-function with mitral valve prolapse.8

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000038295Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000053626Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Scott IC, Clark TG, Takahara K, Hoffman GG, Eddy RL, Haley LL, et al. (October 1999). "Assignment of TLL1 and TLL2, which encode human BMP-1/Tolloid-related metalloproteases, to chromosomes 4q32→q33 and 10q23→q24 and assignment of murine Tll2 to chromosome 19". Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics. 86 (1): 64–65. doi:10.1159/000015412. PMID 10516436. S2CID 42081614.
  6. "Entrez Gene: TLL1 tolloid-like 1".
  7. Sieron L, Lesiak M, Schisler I, Drzazga Z, Fertala A, Sieron AL (January 2019). "Functional and structural studies of tolloid-like 1 mutants associated with atrial-septal defect 6". Bioscience Reports. 39 (1) BSR20180270. doi:10.1042/BSR20180270. PMC 6328869. PMID 30538173.
  8. Agam N, Dolgin V, Star A, Freund O, Jean MM, Safran A, et al. (May 2025). "Mitral Valve Prolapse Caused by TLL1 Gain-of-Function Mutation". The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 41 (5): 928–935. doi:10.1016/j.cjca.2025.01.018. PMID 39880331.
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