CATSPER2
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: CATSPER2
- Official Name: cation channel sperm associated 2
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 117155
- UniProt: Q96P56
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- Entrez Summary: This gene encodes a member of a family of cation channel proteins that localize to the flagellum of spermatozoa. Defects at this locus causes male infertility. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been observed at this locus. Readthrough transcription originates upstream of this locus in diphosphoinositol pentakisphosphate kinase 1 pseudogene 1 and is represented by GeneID:110006325. Related pseudogenes are found next to this locus on chromosome 15 and on chromosome 5. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2017].
- UniProt Summary: Voltage-gated calcium channel that plays a central role in calcium-dependent physiological responses essential for successful fertilization, such as sperm hyperactivation, acrosome reaction and chemotaxis towards the oocyte. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21412338, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21412339}.
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 6528
- Expression level (log2 read counts): 5.01