TEKT1

Tektin 1
Identifiers
SymbolTEKT1
External IDsOMIM: 609002 MGI: 1333819 HomoloGene: 7973 GeneCards: TEKT1 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez8365921689
EnsemblENSG00000167858ENSMUSG00000020799
UniProtQ969V4Q9DAJ2
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_053285NM_011569
RefSeq (protein)NP_444515NP_035699
Location (UCSC)Chr 17:
6.69 – 6.74 Mb
Chr 11:
72.34 – 72.36 Mb
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Tektin 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TEKT1 gene.[1][2]

Function

This gene product belongs to the tektin family of proteins. Tektins comprise a family of filament-forming proteins that are coassembled with tubulins to form ciliary and flagellar microtubules. This gene is predominantly expressed in the testis and in mouse, tektin 1 mRNA was localized to the spermatocytes and round spermatids in the seminiferous tubules, indicating that it may play a role in spermatogenesis.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: tektin 1".
  2. Xu M, Zhou Z, Cheng C, Zhao W, Tang R, Huang Y, Wang W, Xu J, Zeng L, Xie Y, Mao Y (December 2001). "Cloning and characterization of a novel human TEKTIN1 gene". Int. J. Biochem. Cell Biol. 33 (12): 1172–82. doi:10.1016/S1357-2725(01)00089-9. PMID 11606253.

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.