Primary Identifier | MGI:1918287 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 14 | NCBI Gene Number | 71037 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Predicted to enable serine-type endopeptidase activity. Involved in binding activity of sperm to zona pellucida and flagellated sperm motility. Located in acrosomal vesicle and plasma membrane. Orthologous to human PRSS55 (serine protease 55). PHENOTYPE: Different knockout strategies result in inconsistent male reproduction phenotypes ranging from normal spermatogenesis and fertility to severe subfertility with astheno/teratozoospermia and low sperm ATP content to infertility with impaired sperm migration and sperm-egg recognition/binding defects. [provided by MGI curators] |