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Facts about Sperm-associated antigen 4 protein.
Required for targeting of SUN3 and probably SYNE1 via a probable SUN1:SYNE3 LINC complex to the nuclear envelope and involved in true posterior sperm head localization of the complex. May anchor SUN3 the nuclear envelope.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | SPAG4 |
Uniprot: | Q9NPE6 |
Entrez: | 6676 |
Belongs to: |
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No superfamily |
acrosomal protein ACR55; CT127; Outer dense fiber-associated protein SPAG4; Sad1 and UNC84 domain containing 4; sperm associated antigen 4; sperm tail protein; sperm-associated antigen 4 protein; SUN domain-containing protein 4; SUN4cancer/testis antigen 127
Mass (kDA):
48.165 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 20q11.22 |
Sequence: | 20; NC_000020.11 (35615829..35621094) |
Predominantly epressed in testis. Expressed in ejaculated spermatozoa (at protein level).
Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, flagellum axoneme. Nucleus envelope. Nucleus inner membrane. In spermatids, it is localized in the transient manchette and in the axoneme of elongating spermatids and epididymal sperm (By similarity). Colocalized with SEPT12 at the nuclear periphery in round spermatids, at sperm neck in elongated spermatids and at midpiece regions in ejaculated spermatozoa (PubMed:25775403).
PMID: 14614621 by Kennedy C., et al. Human sperm associated antigen 4 (SPAG4) is a potential cancer marker.
PMID: 9691178 by Tarnasky H., et al. A novel testis-specific gene, SPAG4, whose product interacts specifically with outer dense fiber protein ODF27, maps to human chromosome 20q11.2.