spermatogenesis-associated protein 16 (testis development protein NYD-SP12, SPATA16)

Function

• role in the formation of sperm acrosome
• putative role in spermatogenesis & sperm-egg fusion

Structure

belongs to the SPATA16 family

Compartment

Golgi, localized to perinuclear region

Expression

expressed in testis

Pathology

defects in SPATA16 are a cause of globozoospermia

More general terms

• testis-specific protein

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/102530
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9BXB7.html