Mouse Gene Set: GOBP_FERROPTOSIS

For the Human gene set with the same name, see GOBP_FERROPTOSIS

Standard name GOBP_FERROPTOSIS
Systematic name MM16891
Brief description A programmed cell death characterized morphologically by the presence of smaller than normal mitochondria with condensed mitochondrial membrane densities, reduction or vanishing of mitochondria crista, and outer mitochondrial membrane rupture. Activation of mitochondrial voltage-dependent anion channels and mitogen-activated protein kinases, upregulation of endoplasmic reticulum stress, and inhibition of cystine/glutamate antiporter are involved in the induction of ferroptosis. This process is characterized by the accumulation of lipid peroxidation products and lethal reactive oxygen species (ROS) derived from iron metabolism. Glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4), heat shock protein beta-1, and nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 function as negative regulators of ferroptosis by limiting ROS production and reducing cellular iron uptake, respectively. In contrast, NADPH oxidase and p53 act as positive regulators of ferroptosis by promotion of ROS production and inhibition of expression of SLC7A11 (a specific light-chain subunit of the cystine/glutamate antiporter), respectively. Misregulated ferroptosis has been implicated in multiple physiological and pathological processes. [GOC:mtg_apoptosis, PMID:25236395, PMID:26794443]
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Collection M5: Ontology
      GO: Gene Ontology
            GO:BP: GO Biological Process
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Exact source GO:0097707
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External links http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0097707
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Source species Mus musculus
Contributed by Gene Ontology (Gene Ontology Consortium)
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identifier namespace		 Mouse_NCBI_Gene_ID
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Version history 2026.1.Mm: Updated to GO Release 2025-10-10.


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