UniProt Summary: Required during spermiogenesis to participate in the repression transposable elements and prevent their mobilization, which is essential for the germline integrity. Probably acts via the piRNA metabolic process, which mediates the repression of transposable elements during meiosis by forming complexes composed of piRNAs and Piwi proteins and govern the methylation and subsequent repression of transposons. Required for chromatoid body (CB) assembly (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
Pfam DomainsGO Terms
Pfam Domains
OST LOTUS
TUDOR
GO Terms
oocyte anterior/posterior axis specification
pole plasm assembly
P granule organization
oocyte axis specification
maternal determination of anterior/posterior axis, embryo
oocyte construction
pi-body
cytoplasm organization
chromatoid body
anterior/posterior axis specification, embryo
tripartite regional subdivision
blastoderm segmentation
DNA methylation involved in gamete generation
embryonic axis specification
oocyte development
oocyte differentiation
DNA methylation
DNA alkylation
anterior/posterior axis specification
embryonic pattern specification
DNA methylation or demethylation
oogenesis
axis specification
DNA modification
segmentation
female gamete generation
spermatid development
spermatid differentiation
cell maturation
anterior/posterior pattern specification
developmental maturation
ribonucleoprotein complex subunit organization
macromolecule methylation
germ cell development
methylation
regionalization
cellular process involved in reproduction in multicellular organism
pattern specification process
spermatogenesis
male gamete generation
developmental process involved in reproduction
gamete generation
DNA metabolic process
multicellular organismal reproductive process
sexual reproduction
multicellular organism reproduction
embryo development
multi-organism reproductive process
reproductive process
reproduction
cell development
protein-containing complex subunit organization
CRISPR Data
Compound HitMost Correlated Genes in ChemogenomicsTissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)