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Facts about Sperm mitochondrial-associated cysteine-rich protein.
Infertility may be due to decreased sperm motility in the female reproductive tract and inability to penetrate the oocyte zona pellucida (By similarity). .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | SMCP |
| Uniprot: | P49901 |
| Entrez: | 4184 |

| Belongs to: |
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| No superfamily |

HSMCSGEN1; MCSMGC26305; MCSPMGC26519; mitochondrial capsule selenoprotein; sperm mitochondria-associated cysteine-rich protein; sperm mitochondrial-associated cysteine-rich protein
Mass (kDA):
12.767 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 1q21.3 |
| Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (152878322..152885047) |
Testis. Is selectively expressed in the spermatids of seminiferous tubules.
Cytoplasm. Mitochondrion membrane; Peripheral membrane protein; Cytoplasmic side. Becomes associated with the spermatid mitochondrion capsule at step 16 of spermatogenesis.





PMID: 8833144 by Aho H., et al. Isolation, expression, and chromosomal localization of the human mitochondrial capsule selenoprotein gene (MCSP).