SPATA31A7 SPATA31 subfamily A member 7 [Homo sapiens (human)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: SPATA31A7provided by HGNC
Official Full Name: SPATA31 subfamily A member 7provided by HGNC
Primary source: HGNC:HGNC:32007
See related: Ensembl:ENSG00000276040 MIM:616584; AllianceGenome:HGNC:32007
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: VALIDATED
Organism: Homo sapiens
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as: AEP1; C9orf36; FAM75A4; FAM75A7; C9orf36A; SPATA31A4
Summary: Predicted to be involved in cell differentiation and spermatogenesis. Predicted to be located in membrane. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
Expression: Restricted expression toward testis (RPKM 5.6) See more
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Genomic context

Location:: 9q12

Exon count:: 4

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2025_08	current	GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40)	9	NC_000009.12 (61190036..61196280)
RS_2025_08	current	T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1)	9	NC_060933.1 (41241027..41247265, complement)
RS_2024_09	previous assembly	GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25)	9	NC_000009.11 (65503366..65509610, complement)

Chromosome 9 - NC_000009.12 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Expression

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Project title: Tissue-specific circular RNA induction during human fetal development
Description: 35 human fetal samples from 6 tissues (3 - 7 replicates per tissue) collected between 10 and 20 weeks gestational time were sequenced using Illumina TruSeq Stranded Total RNA
BioProject: PRJNA270632
Publication: PMID 26076956
Analysis date: Mon Apr 2 22:54:59 2018

Bibliography

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

VAD1.3 interacts with beta-actin and syntaxin 1 in vitro.
Title: The testis-specific VAD1.3/AEP1 interacts with β-actin and syntaxin 1 and directs peri-nuclear/Golgi expression with bipartite nucleus localization (BNL) sequence.
Results suggest that AEP1 is an evolutionary-conserved acrosome-specific gene and likely functions in acrosome-cap formation [AEP1].
Title: Acrosome-specific gene AEP1: identification, characterization and roles in spermatogenesis.

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Phenotypes

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Variation

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Interactions

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Products	Interactant	Other Gene	Complex	Source	Pubs	Description

General gene information

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Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables protein binding	IPI Inferred from Physical Interaction more info	PubMed

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: spermatogenesis-associated protein 31A7

Names: SPATA31 subfamily A, member 4; family with sequence similarity 75, member A4; family with sequence similarity 75, member A7; protein FAM75A4; protein FAM75A7; spermatogenesis-associated protein 31A4

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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