Primary Identifier | MGI:109542 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 10 | NCBI Gene Number | 20962 |
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 female meiosis sister chromatid cohesion; meiotic chromosome segregation; and spermatogenesis. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including cellular response to leukemia inhibitory factor; meiosis I cell cycle process; and sperm DNA condensation. Located in condensed chromosome and germ cell nucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including adrenal gland; alimentary system; brain; genitourinary system; and primordial germ cell. Used to study azoospermia. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in spermatogenic failure 4. Orthologous to human SYCP3 (synaptonemal complex protein 3). PHENOTYPE: Homozygous mutants are male infertile and female sub-fertile. Reduced litter size in females is due to achiasmatic oocytes, resulting in aneuploidy and embryonic death. Meiosis in males blocks at early prophase with lack of synaptonemal complexes. [provided by MGI curators] |