tektin-2; testicular tektin; tektin-t; testicular tektin B1-like protein; tektin-B1; TEKTB1 (TEKT2)

Function

• structural component of ciliary & flagellar microtubules
• role in the assembly or attachment of the inner dynein arm to microtubules in sperm flagella & tracheal cilia
• forms filamentous polymers in the walls of ciliary & flagellar microtubules (putative)
• tyrosine phosphorylated (putative)

Structure

belongs to the tektin family

Compartment

• cell projection, cilium, flagellum
• in sperm, observed in a discontinuous punctate pattern in the flagellum & in the postacrosomal head region

Expression

• expressed at high levels in testis, trachea & fetal lung
• expressed at lower levels in ovary, pituitary, adult lung, fetal brain & fetal kidney

More general terms

• tektin

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=27285
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:27285
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/608953
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9UIF3.html