Gene Information
Gene NameSPEF1
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length236
Protein NamesSperm flagellar protein 1
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age987 ( ENSG00000101222 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBQ9Y4P9
Gene CardSPEF1
Uniprot IDQ9Y4P9
PfamPF06294
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-1.65240706)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ SPEF1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ SPEF1 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ SPEF1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Spef1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ SPEF1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Spef1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ SPEF1 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsSPATA4
Tissuecaudate.nucleus, cerebral.cortex, hippocampus, nucleus.accumbens, putamen, testis
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in the intestinal epithelial cells (at protein level). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:31473225}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 2EE7  (NMR 
DBSNP NA 
Subcellular location [CC]Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:31473225}. Cell projection, cilium, flagellum {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q99JL1}. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, cilium axoneme {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q0IH24}. Apical cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:31473225}. Basolateral cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:31473225}. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, stress fiber {ECO:0000269|PubMed:31473225}. Cell projection, microvillus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:31473225}. Cell projection, lamellipodium {ECO:0000269|PubMed:31473225}. Cell projection, filopodium {ECO:0000269|PubMed:31473225}. Note=Present in the tails of developing and epididymal sperm, internal to the fibrous sheath and around the outer dense fibers of the sperm flagellum. Also found at the apical tip of cilia (By similarity). Colocalizes with TJP1 and CGN at sites of cell-cell contact in intestinal epithelial cells (PubMed:31473225). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q0IH24, ECO:0000269|PubMed:31473225}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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