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Sperm-associated antigen 6

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SPAG6
Identifiers
AliasesSPAG6, CT141, Repro-SA-1, pf16, sperm associated antigen 6, FAP194, CFAP194
External IDsOMIM: 605730; MGI: 1354388; HomoloGene: 8252; GeneCards: SPAG6; OMA:SPAG6 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001253854
NM_001253855
NM_012443
NM_172242

NM_015773

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001240783
NP_001240784
NP_036575
NP_758442

NP_056588

Location (UCSC)Chr 10: 22.35 – 22.45 Mbn/a
PubMed search[2][3]
Wikidata
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Sperm-associated antigen 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SPAG6 gene.[4][5]

Function

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The correlation of anti-sperm antibodies with cases of unexplained infertility implicates a role for these antibodies in blocking fertilization. Improved diagnosis and treatment of immunologic infertility, as well as identification of proteins for targeted contraception, are dependent on the identification and characterization of relevant sperm antigens. The protein expressed by this gene is recognized by anti-sperm antibodies from an infertile man. This protein localizes to the tail of permeabilized human sperm and contains eight contiguous armadillo repeats, a motif known to mediate protein-protein interactions. Studies in mice suggest that this protein is involved in sperm flagellar motility and maintenance of the structural integrity of mature sperm. Alternatively spliced variants that encode different protein isoforms have been described but the full-length sequences of only two have been determined.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000077327Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ Neilson LI, Schneider PA, Van Deerlin PG, Kiriakidou M, Driscoll DA, Pellegrini MC, Millinder S, Yamamoto KK, French CK, Strauss JF (September 1999). "cDNA cloning and characterization of a human sperm antigen (SPAG6) with homology to the product of the Chlamydomonas PF16 locus". Genomics. 60 (3): 272–80. doi:10.1006/geno.1999.5914. PMID 10493827.
  5. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: SPAG6 sperm associated antigen 6".

Further reading

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