Description
Product Characteristics: The ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloprotease) protein family plays a role in cell-cell and cell-matrix interface related processes, including fertilization, muscle fusion, secretion of TNFalpha (tumor necrosis factor alpha), and modulation of the neurogenic function of Notch and Delta (1-3). ADAM29 contains one disintegrin domain, one EGF-like domain and one peptidase M12B domain (2). It is highly expressed in testes (3) and may be involved in spermatogenesis and fertilization (4,5).
Target Information: This gene encodes a member of the ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloprotease domain) family. Members of this family are membrane-anchored proteins structurally related to snake venom disintegrins, and have been implicated in a variety of biological processes involving cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions, including fertilization, muscle development, and neurogenesis. The protein encoded by this gene is highly expressed in testis and may be involved in human spermatogenesis. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants that encode the same protein. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]