DAZ1

DAZ1
Deleted in azoospermia 1
Identifiers
Symbols DAZ1; DAZ; FLJ17175; SPGY
External IDs OMIM400003 HomoloGene88435 GeneCards: DAZ1 Gene
RNA expression pattern
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More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 1617 n/a
Ensembl ENSG00000188120 n/a
UniProt n/a n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_004081 n/a
RefSeq (protein) NP_004072 n/a
Location (UCSC) Chr Y:
25.28 – 25.35 Mb
n/a
PubMed search [1] n/a

Deleted in azoospermia 1, also known as DAZ1, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the DAZ1 gene.[1][2]

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Function

This gene is a member of the DAZ gene family and is a candidate for the human Y-chromosomal azoospermia factor (AZF). Its expression is restricted to pre-meiotic germ cells, particularly in spermatogonia. It encodes an RNA-binding protein that is important for spermatogenesis. Four copies of this gene are found on chromosome Y within palindromic duplications; one pair of genes is part of the P2 palindrome and the second pair is part of the P1 palindrome. Each gene contains a 2.4 kb repeat including a 72-bp exon, called the DAZ repeat; the number of DAZ repeats is variable and there are several variations in the sequence of the DAZ repeat. Each copy of the gene also contains a 10.8 kb region that may be amplified; this region includes five exons that encode an RNA recognition motif (RRM) domain. This gene contains three copies of the 10.8 kb repeat. However, no transcripts containing three copies of the RRM domain have been described; thus the RefSeq for this gene contains only two RRM domains.[1]

Interactions

DAZ1 has been shown to interact with DAZAP2,[3] DAZL[4][3] and DAZ associated protein 1.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: DAZ1 deleted in azoospermia 1". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=1617. 
  2. ^ Reijo R, Lee TY, Salo P, Alagappan R, Brown LG, Rosenberg M, Rozen S, Jaffe T, Straus D, Hovatta O (August 1995). "Diverse spermatogenic defects in humans caused by Y chromosome deletions encompassing a novel RNA-binding protein gene". Nat. Genet. 10 (4): 383–93. doi:10.1038/ng0895-383. PMID 7670487. 
  3. ^ a b c Tsui, S; Dai T, Roettger S, Schempp W, Salido E C, Yen P H (May. 2000). "Identification of two novel proteins that interact with germ-cell-specific RNA-binding proteins DAZ and DAZL1". Genomics (UNITED STATES) 65 (3): 266–73. doi:10.1006/geno.2000.6169. ISSN 0888-7543. PMID 10857750. 
  4. ^ Ruggiu, M; Cooke H J (Jul. 2000). "In vivo and in vitro analysis of homodimerisation activity of the mouse Dazl1 protein". Gene (NETHERLANDS) 252 (1–2): 119–26. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00219-5. ISSN 0378-1119. PMID 10903443. 

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