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Facts about Septin-12.
Involved in the morphogenesis of sperm heads as well as the elongation of sperm tails likely implicating the association with alpha- and beta-tubulins (PubMed:24213608). Forms a filamentous arrangement with SEPT7, SEPT6, SEPT2 and likely SEPT4 at the sperm annulus which is needed for the structural integrity and motility of the sperm tail through postmeiotic distinction (PubMed:25588830).
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Gene Name: | SEPTIN12 |
Uniprot: | Q8IYM1 |
Entrez: | 124404 |
Belongs to: |
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TRAFAC class TrmE-Era-EngA-EngB-Septin-like GTPase superfamily |
Septin-12
Mass (kDA):
40.748 kDA
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Location: | 16p13.3 |
Sequence: | 16; NC_000016.10 (4777590..4791610, complement) |
Widely expressed. Expressed in lymph node.
Cytoplasm. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, spindle. Nucleus. Cell projection, cilium, flagellum. At interphase, forms a filamentous structure in the cytoplasm. During anaphase, translocates to the central spindle region and to the midbody during cytokinesis. Found in the sperm annulus. Colocalized with SPAG4 at the nuclear periphery in round spermatids, at sperm neck in elongated spermatids and at midpiece regions in ejaculated spermatozoa.
PMID: 17685441 by Steels J.D., et al. Sept12 is a component of the mammalian sperm tail annulus.
PMID: 18047794 by Ding X., et al. SEPT12 interacts with SEPT6 and this interaction alters the filament structure of SEPT6 in Hela cells.