Primary Identifier | MGI:1922252 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 15 | NCBI Gene Number | 75002 |
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 acrosome assembly and positive regulation of sperm capacitation. Acts upstream of or within binding activity of sperm to zona pellucida and protein processing. Located in acrosomal vesicle. Orthologous to human TMPRSS12 (transmembrane serine protease 12). PHENOTYPE: Homozygous null mutations of this gene result in male infertility associated with oligozoospermia, asthenozoospermia, and impaired fertilization. [provided by MGI curators] |