Primary Identifier | MGI:1289298 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 2 | NCBI Gene Number | 51944 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Predicted to enable microtubule plus-end binding activity and protein homodimerization activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including cellular response to epidermal growth factor stimulus; mitotic sister chromatid segregation; and regulation of attachment of spindle microtubules to kinetochore. Predicted to be located in microtubule organizing center; plasma membrane; and ruffle. Predicted to be active in kinetochore and microtubule cytoskeleton. Is expressed in cerebral cortex ventricular layer. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in actinic keratosis and skin squamous cell carcinoma. Orthologous to human KNSTRN (kinetochore localized astrin (SPAG5) binding protein). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele display reduced fertility, decreased testis size, oligozoospermia, and defects in early spermatogenesis associated with abnormal spermatogonia proliferation and increased testis apoptosis. [provided by MGI curators] |