Primary Identifier | MGI:2147987 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | X | NCBI Gene Number | 236899 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables choline-phosphate cytidylyltransferase activity. Involved in CDP-choline pathway. Acts upstream of or within ovarian follicle development and spermatogenesis. Predicted to be located in endoplasmic reticulum. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; genitourinary system; hemolymphoid system gland; nervous system; and sensory organ. Orthologous to human PCYT1B (phosphate cytidylyltransferase 1B, choline). PHENOTYPE: Homozygous null mice reduced fertility, abnormal ovaries with absent corpora lutea and follicles, benign ovarian tumors, seminiferous tubule degeneration, and reduced spermatogenesis. [provided by MGI curators] |