VCY - variable charge Y-linked Gene

中文名称：可变电荷 Y 联

种属: Homo sapiens

同用名: BPY1; VCY1; VCY1A

关于 VCY

功能概要

该基因编码的蛋白质是人类 VCX/Y 基因家族的成员。这个基因家族在 X 和 Y 染色体上都有多个成员，并且都只在雄性生殖细胞中表达。 VCX/Y 家族的成员具有高度的序列同一性，除了一个 30 bp 单元在 X 连锁成员中串联重复但在 Y 连锁成员中仅出现一次。 VCX/Y 基因编码功能未知的小而高电荷的蛋白质。该基因编码一种带正电荷的小蛋白质。假定的二分核定位信号的存在表明该基因编码核蛋白。基因组在一个回文区域内有两个相同的基因拷贝；该记录代表更多的着丝粒拷贝。[RefSeq 提供，2008 年 7 月]

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of a family of human VCX/Y genes. This gene family has multiple members on both X and Y chromosomes, and all are expressed exclusively in male germ cells. Members of the VCX/Y family share a high degree of sequence identity, with the exception that a 30-bp unit is tandemly repeated in X-linked members but occurs only once in Y-linked members. VCX/Y genes encode small and highly charged proteins of unknown function. This gene encodes a small, positively charged protein. The presence of a putative bipartite nuclear localization signal suggests that this gene encodes a nuclear protein. The genome has two identical copies of this gene within a palindromic region; this record represents the more centromeric copy. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]