UniProt Summary: Transcription factor that specifically recognizes the sequence 5'-YAAC[GT]G-3' (PubMed:8058310, PubMed:7987850). Acts as a master regulator of male meiosis by promoting expression of piRNAs: activates expression of both piRNA precursor RNAs and expression of protein-coding genes involved in piRNA metabolism (By similarity). The piRNA metabolic process mediates the repression of transposable elements during meiosis by forming complexes composed of piRNAs and Piwi proteins and governs the methylation and subsequent repression of transposons, which is essential for the germline integrity (By similarity). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P51960, ECO:0000269|PubMed:7987850, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8058310}.
Pfam DomainsGO Terms
Pfam Domains
Cmyb C
Myb DNA-binding
Wos2
GO Terms
piRNA biosynthetic process
piRNA metabolic process
regulation of transposition
negative regulation of transposition
male meiosis I
male meiotic nuclear division
meiosis I
meiosis I cell cycle process
meiotic nuclear division
meiotic cell cycle process
meiotic cell cycle
nuclear division
organelle fission
cellular process involved in reproduction in multicellular organism