A disintegrin & metalloproteinase domain 29; cancer/testis antigen 73; CT73 (ADAM29)

Function

• may be involved in spermatogenesis & fertilization
• seems to be a non catalytic metalloprotease-like protein

Structure

• contains 1 disintegrin domain
• contains 1 EGF-like domain
• contains 1 peptidase M12B domain

Compartment

membrane

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=3; alpha, beta, gamma

Expression

expressed specifically in testes

More general terms

• ADAM protease
• glycoprotein
• testis-specific protein

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=11086
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:11086
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/604778
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9UKF5.html