Primary Identifier | MGI:1334448 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 1 | NCBI Gene Number | 12316 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables calmodulin binding activity. Involved in regulation of meiotic cell cycle. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including maintenance of centrosome location; nervous system development; and neuronal stem cell population maintenance. Located in cytoplasm; microtubule cytoskeleton; and midbody. Is expressed in several structures, including gonad; gut; hemolymphoid system gland; nervous system; and perichondrium. Used to study microcephaly. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in primary autosomal recessive microcephaly and primary autosomal recessive microcephaly 5. Orthologous to human ASPM (assembly factor for spindle microtubules). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for protein-truncating gene trap mutations of this gene exhibit decreased body weight, microcephaly, a severe reduction in brain, testis and ovary weight, oligozoospermia and asthenospermia, and reduced fertility in both sexes. [provided by MGI curators] |