Primary Identifier | MGI:2179947 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 19 | NCBI Gene Number | 225865 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables voltage-gated calcium channel activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including flagellated sperm motility; fusion of sperm to egg plasma membrane involved in single fertilization; and regulation of cilium beat frequency involved in ciliary motility. Located in plasma membrane and sperm principal piece. Part of CatSper complex. Is expressed in germ cell of testis; spermatid; spermatocyte; spermatozoon; and testis. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in spermatogenic failure 7. Orthologous to human CATSPER1 (cation channel sperm associated 1). PHENOTYPE: Homozygotes for a targeted null mutation exhibit sperm with markedly decreased motility that are unable to fertilize ova and lack a calcium ion influx response to cyclic-AMP. [provided by MGI curators] |