protamine-2; sperm protamine-P2; sperm histone P2; contains: basic nuclear protein HPI1; contains: basic nuclear protein HPI2; contains: basic nuclear protein HPS1; contains: basic nuclear protein HPS2; contains: sperm histone HP4; sperm protamine P4; contains: sperm histone HP2; sperm protamine P2; P2'; contains: sperm histone HP3; sperm protamine P3; P2 (PRM2)

Function

• protamines substitute for histones in the chromatin of sperm during the haploid phase of spermatogenesis
• they compact sperm DNA into a highly condensed, stable & inactive complex

Structure

belongs to the protamine-P2 family

Compartment

nucleus

Expression

testis

More general terms

• protamine

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=5620
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:5620
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/182882
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/182890
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P04554.html