Primary Identifier | MGI:1277238 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 16 | NCBI Gene Number | 212517 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Predicted to enable peptidase activity. Involved in sperm axoneme assembly. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including cilium organization; nucleus organization; and spermatogenesis. Predicted to be located in axoneme. Is expressed in choroid plexus and floor plate. Used to study spermatogenic failure 20. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in spermatogenic failure 20. Orthologous to human CFAP44 (cilia and flagella associated protein 44). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele exhibit complete male sterility, asthenozoospermia, and teratozoospermia characterized by multiple sperm axonemal defects. [provided by MGI curators] |