Microseminoprotein, prostate associated

Microseminoprotein, prostate associated is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MSMP gene.

MSMP
Identifiers
Aliases	MSMP, PSMP, microseminoprotein, prostate associated
External IDs	OMIM: 612191; MGI: 3652339; HomoloGene: 88113; GeneCards: MSMP; OMA:MSMP - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 9 (human) Band 9p13.3 Start 35,752,990 bp End 35,756,613 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 4 (mouse) Band 4|4 A5 Start 43,583,216 bp End 43,584,494 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in testicle gonad placenta Descending thoracic aorta tonsil ascending aorta muscle of thigh lymph node hypothalamus cerebellar hemisphere Top expressed in tail of embryo morula primary oocyte embryo secondary oocyte right kidney blastocyst neural tube human kidney limb More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function molecular function Cellular component cytoplasm extracellular region extracellular space Biological process biological process Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 692094 100039672 Ensembl ENSG00000215183 ENSMUSG00000078719 UniProt Q1L6U9 B1AWI6 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001044264 NM_001099314 RefSeq (protein) NP_001037729 NP_001092784 Location (UCSC) Chr 9: 35.75 – 35.76 Mb Chr 4: 43.58 – 43.58 Mb PubMed search
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Function

This gene encodes a member of the beta-microseminoprotein family. Members of this protein family contain ten conserved cysteine residues that form intra-molecular disulfide bonds. The encoded protein may play a role in prostate cancer tumorigenesis.

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.