Gene Review:
Prm2 - protamine 2
Mus musculus
Synonyms:
AI528784, Prm-2, Protamine-2, Sperm histone P2, Sperm protamine P2
- Spermiogenesis and exchange of basic nuclear proteins are impaired in male germ cells lacking Camk4. Wu, J.Y., Ribar, T.J., Cummings, D.E., Burton, K.A., McKnight, G.S., Means, A.R. Nat. Genet. (2000)
- Protamine 2 deficiency leads to sperm DNA damage and embryo death in mice. Cho, C., Jung-Ha, H., Willis, W.D., Goulding, E.H., Stein, P., Xu, Z., Schultz, R.M., Hecht, N.B., Eddy, E.M. Biol. Reprod. (2003)
- Haploid-specific transcription of protamine-myc and protamine-T-antigen fusion genes in transgenic mice. Stewart, T.A., Hecht, N.B., Hollingshead, P.G., Johnson, P.A., Leong, J.A., Pitts, S.L. Mol. Cell. Biol. (1988)
- Protamines and male infertility. Oliva, R. Hum. Reprod. Update (2006)
- Concerted changes in the YB2/RYB-a protein and protamine 2 messenger RNA in the mouse testis under heat stress. Iuchi, Y., Kaneko, T., Matsuki, S., Sasagawa, I., Fujii, J. Biol. Reprod. (2003)
- Haploinsufficiency of protamine-1 or -2 causes infertility in mice. Cho, C., Willis, W.D., Goulding, E.H., Jung-Ha, H., Choi, Y.C., Hecht, N.B., Eddy, E.M. Nat. Genet. (2001)
- A double-stranded RNA binding protein required for activation of repressed messages in mammalian germ cells. Zhong, J., Peters, A.H., Lee, K., Braun, R.E. Nat. Genet. (1999)
- Premature translation of protamine 1 mRNA causes precocious nuclear condensation and arrests spermatid differentiation in mice. Lee, K., Haugen, H.S., Clegg, C.H., Braun, R.E. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1995)
- A haploid expressed gene cluster exists as a single chromatin domain in human sperm. Choudhary, S.K., Wykes, S.M., Kramer, J.A., Mohamed, A.N., Koppitch, F., Nelson, J.E., Krawetz, S.A. J. Biol. Chem. (1995)
- Role of follitropin receptor signaling in nuclear protein transitions and chromatin condensation during spermatogenesis. Xing, W., Krishnamurthy, H., Sairam, M.R. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. (2003)
- Reciprocal regulation of the mouse protamine genes by the orphan nuclear receptor germ cell nuclear factor and CREMtau. Hummelke, G.C., Cooney, A.J. Mol. Reprod. Dev. (2004)
- Germ cell-specific proteins interact with the 3' untranslated regions of Prm-1 and Prm-2 mRNA. Fajardo, M.A., Butner, K.A., Lee, K., Braun, R.E. Dev. Biol. (1994)
- Both P1 and P2 protamine genes are expressed in mouse, hamster, and rat. Bower, P.A., Yelick, P.C., Hecht, N.B. Biol. Reprod. (1987)
- Abnormal spermatogenesis and reduced fertility in transition nuclear protein 1-deficient mice. Yu, Y.E., Zhang, Y., Unni, E., Shirley, C.R., Deng, J.M., Russell, L.D., Weil, M.M., Behringer, R.R., Meistrich, M.L. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2000)
- Processing of the precursor of protamine P2 in mouse. Identification of intermediates by their insolubility in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate. Elsevier, S.M., Noiran, J., Carre-Eusebe, D. Eur. J. Biochem. (1991)
- Differential decondensation of class I (rat) and class II (mouse) spermatozoa nuclei by physiological concentrations of heparin and glutathione. Sánchez-Vázquez, M.L., Reyes, R., Delgado, N.M., Merchant-Larios, H., Rosado, A. Arch. Androl. (1996)
- Transcription of the testis-specific mouse protamine 2 gene in a homologous in vitro transcription system. Bunick, D., Johnson, P.A., Johnson, T.R., Hecht, N.B. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1990)
- A mouse homologue of the Xenopus germ cell-specific ribonucleic acid/deoxyribonucleic acid-binding proteins p54/p56 interacts with the protamine 2 promoter. Nikolajczyk, B.S., Murray, M.T., Hecht, N.B. Biol. Reprod. (1995)
- Genomic analysis of the mouse protamine 1, protamine 2, and transition protein 2 gene cluster reveals hypermethylation in expressing cells. Choi, Y.C., Aizawa, A., Hecht, N.B. Mamm. Genome (1997)
- The mouse severe combined immune deficiency (scid) mutation is closely linked to the B-cell-specific developmental genes VpreB and lambda 5. Miller, R.D., Ozaki, J.H., Riblet, R. Genomics (1993)
- Expression of a Y-box protein, YB2/RYB-a, precedes protamine 2 expression during spermatogenesis in rodents. Iuchi, Y., Kobayashi, T., Kaneko, T., Takahara, M., Ogino, T., Fujii, J. Mol. Hum. Reprod. (2001)
- Processing of the precursor of protamine P2 in mouse. Peptide mapping and N-terminal sequence analysis of intermediates. Carré-Eusèbe, D., Lederer, F., Lê, K.H., Elsevier, S.M. Biochem. J. (1991)
- Zinc is sufficiently abundant within mammalian sperm nuclei to bind stoichiometrically with protamine 2. Bench, G., Corzett, M.H., Kramer, C.E., Grant, P.G., Balhorn, R. Mol. Reprod. Dev. (2000)
- Immunological evidence for a P2 protamine precursor in mature rat sperm. Stanker, L.H., McKeown, C., Balhorn, R., Lee, C., Mazrimas, J., Goralka, M., Wyrobek, A. Mol. Reprod. Dev. (1992)