Primary Identifier | MGI:1920927 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 18 | NCBI Gene Number | 73677 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.3.0) Involved in meiotic cell cycle; proteasomal protein catabolic process; and regulation of meiosis I. Located in nucleus. Part of spermatoproteasome complex. Orthologous to human PSMA8 (proteasome 20S subunit alpha 8). PHENOTYPE: Male mice homozygous for a null mutation are infertile with arrest of meiosis at M phase; however, females are fertile. [provided by MGI curators] |