Primary Identifier | MGI:1923657 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 2 | NCBI Gene Number | 76407 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0) Predicted to enable protein-membrane adaptor activity. Involved in spermatid development. Located in sperm connecting piece. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in spermatogenic failure 16. Orthologous to human SUN5 (Sad1 and UNC84 domain containing 5). PHENOTYPE: Homozygous knockout causes male sterility owing to sperm head to flagella connection anomalies. [provided by MGI curators] |