PHD finger protein 7 (testis development protein NYD-SP6, PHF7)

Function

role in spermatogenesis (putative)

Structure

• contains 1 PHD-type zinc finger.
• contains 1 RING-type zinc finger

Compartment

nucleus

Expression

• highly expressed in Sertoli cells, but not in germ cells in adult testis; expression in embryonic testis is 30X lower
• expressed in colon, spleen, white blood cells, pancreas, lung, liver, placenta, brai > thymus, small intestine, ovary, kidney

More general terms

• ring finger protein

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9BWX1.html