Primary Identifier | MGI:98784 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 1 | NCBI Gene Number | 21958 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Predicted to enable DNA binding activity. Involved in positive regulation of protein processing and sperm DNA condensation. Acts upstream of or within spermatogenesis. Located in nucleus. Part of nucleosome. Is expressed in testis. Orthologous to human TNP1 (transition protein 1). PHENOTYPE: A portion of male homozygous null mice are infertile, exhibting defects in spermatogenesis and sperm motility. [provided by MGI curators] |