testis-specific basic protein Y 1; basic charge, Y-linked 1; variably charged protein Y (VCY, BPY1, VCY1A, VCY1B, BPY1B)

Function

• may mediate a process in spermatogenesis
• may play a role in sex ratio distortion

Structure

belongs to the VCX/VCY family

Expression

expressed exclusively in testis

More general terms

• testis-specific protein
• Y chromosome protein

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=353513
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=9084
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:353513
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:9084
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/400012
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O14598.html