variable charge X-linked protein 3 (VCX-A protein, variably charged protein X-A, variable charge protein on X with eight repeats, VCX-8r, VCX3A, VCX3, VCX8R, VCXA)

Function

• role in spermatogenesis or role in sex ratio distortion (putative)

Structure

• belongs to the VCX/VCY family

Expression

expressed exclusively in testis

Pathology

• defects in VCX3A are associated with some forms of X- linked nonspecific mental retardation

More general terms

• testis-specific protein

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/300229
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9NNX9.html