Description
Product Characteristics: SPATA16 is involved in the formation of sperm acrosome, which implicated its potential role in spermatogenesis and sperm-egg fusion. Defects in SPATA16 are a cause of globozoospermia, also called Round-headed spermatozoa.
Target Information: This gene encodes a testis-specific protein that belongs to the tetratricopeptide repeat-like superfamily. The encoded protein localizes to the Golgi apparatus and may play a role in spermatogenesis. [provided by RefSeq, May 2010]