Description
Product Characteristics:
Essential for female fertility. May play a role in the oocyte-to-embryo transition (By similarity).
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm
Synonyms: Z3CXXC6, Zygote arrest protein 1, Oocyte-specific maternal effect factor, ZAR1
Target Information: The female gamete, the oocyte, serves the distinct purpose of transmitting the maternal genome and other maternal factors critical for postovulation events. Oocytes have diverse functions in ovarian folliculogenesis, fertilization, and embryogenesis. ZAR1 is an oocyte-specific gene that appears to function at the oocyte-to-gamete transition (Wu et al., 2003 [PubMed 12539046]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]