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  2. Tnp2 - transition protein 2 Gene

Tnp2 - transition protein 2 Gene

Rattus norvegicus
Gene ID: 24840 | Gene type: protein coding

About Tnp2

Summary

Enables zinc ion binding activity. Predicted to be involved in positive regulation of protein processing; single fertilization; and spermatogenesis, exchange of chromosomal proteins. Predicted to act upstream of or within binding activity of sperm to zona pellucida and flagellated sperm motility. Located in nucleus. Orthologous to human TNP2 (transition protein 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

Tnp2 Products(1)

mRNA Protein Name
NM_017057.2 NP_058753.2 nuclear transition protein 2
Protein Preferred Names Protein Names

nuclear transition protein 2

TP-2

TP2

haploid expressed, male germcell specific, chromatin binding

Orthologs Information

Species Symbol Source ID
Homo sapiens Tnp2 NCBI NCBI:7142