Primary Identifier | MGI:1913965 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 3 | NCBI Gene Number | 66715 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0) Enables O-methyltransferase activity and RNA methyltransferase activity. Involved in RNA methylation and piRNA processing. Predicted to be located in cytosol. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm and nucleus. Orthologous to human HENMT1 (HEN methyltransferase 1). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knockout allele exhibit male infertility, pinhead sperm, decreased testis weight, ologospermia and asthenozoospermia. Female fertility is normal. [provided by MGI curators] |