Primary Identifier | MGI:2150308 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 6 | NCBI Gene Number | 114875 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables phosphatidylinositol phospholipase C activity. Involved in positive regulation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration involved in egg activation. Acts upstream of or within calcium ion transport and egg activation. Located in nucleolus; nucleoplasm; and pronucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; heart; integumental system; limb; and nervous system. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in spermatogenic failure 17. Orthologous to human PLCZ1 (phospholipase C zeta 1). PHENOTYPE: Homozygous knockout mice display normal spermatogenesis and sperm motility but are sub-fertile because of a failure to induce Ca2+ oscillations in oocytes. [provided by MGI curators] |