ID:TSPY4_HUMAN DESCRIPTION: RecName: Full=Testis-specific Y-encoded protein 4; FUNCTION: Unknown. May be involved in sperm differentiation and proliferation (By similarity). SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm (By similarity). Nucleus (By similarity). POLYMORPHISM: Maps to a tandemly repeated region on chromosome Yp11; additionally at least one copy is reported originating from Yq. The gene is thought to be present with an inter-individual variation in copy number and between 20 and 60 copies per Y chromosome are expected. 35 tandemly repeated gene copies on Yp11 originating from one individual have been reported (PubMed:12815422). SIMILARITY: Belongs to the nucleosome assembly protein (NAP) family.
Pfam Domains: PF00956 - Nucleosome assembly protein (NAP)
ModBase Predicted Comparative 3D Structure on P0CV99
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Orthologous Genes in Other Species
Orthologies between human, mouse, and rat are computed by taking the best BLASTP hit, and filtering out non-syntenic hits. For more distant species reciprocal-best BLASTP hits are used. Note that the absence of an ortholog in the table below may reflect incomplete annotations in the other species rather than a true absence of the orthologous gene.