SUN domain-containing protein 5 explained

SUN domain-containing protein 5, formerly known as sperm-associated antigen 4-like protein (SPAGL4), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SUN5 gene.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Further reading

• Kierszenbaum AL, Tres LL . Bypassing natural sperm selection during fertilization: the azh mutant offspring experience and the alternative of spermiogenesis in vitro. . Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. . 187 . 1–2 . 133–8 . 2003 . 11988320 . 10.1016/S0303-7207(01)00692-X . 27072243 .
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, etal . The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC) . Genome Res. . 14 . 10B . 2121–7 . 2004 . 15489334 . 10.1101/gr.2596504 . 528928 .
• Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, etal . Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs . Nat. Genet. . 36 . 1 . 40–5 . 2004 . 14702039 . 10.1038/ng1285 . free .
• Xing XW, Li LY, Fu JJ, etal . [Cloning of cDNA of TSARG4, a human spermatogenesis related gene] . Sheng Wu Hua Xue Yu Sheng Wu Wu Li Xue Bao . 35 . 3 . 283–8 . 2003 . 12621555 .
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, etal . Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 99 . 26 . 16899–903 . 2003 . 12477932 . 10.1073/pnas.242603899 . 139241 . 2002PNAS...9916899M . free .
• Deloukas P, Matthews LH, Ashurst J, etal . The DNA sequence and comparative analysis of human chromosome 20 . Nature . 414 . 6866 . 865–71 . 2002 . 11780052 . 10.1038/414865a . 2001Natur.414..865D . free .

Notes and References

1. Tarnasky H, Gill D, Murthy S, Shao X, Demetrick DJ, van der Hoorn FA . A novel testis-specific gene, SPAG4, whose product interacts specifically with outer dense fiber protein ODF27, maps to human chromosome 20q11.2 . Cytogenet Cell Genet . 81 . 1 . 65–7 . Oct 1998 . 9691178 . 10.1159/000014990 . 1807.1/829 . 30497041 . free .
2. Shao X, Tarnasky HA, Lee JP, Oko R, van der Hoorn FA . Spag4, a novel sperm protein, binds outer dense-fiber protein Odf1 and localizes to microtubules of manchette and axoneme . Dev Biol . 211 . 1 . 109–23 . Jul 1999 . 10373309 . 10.1006/dbio.1999.9297 . free .
3. Web site: Entrez Gene: SPAG4L sperm associated antigen 4-like.