CatSper4

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

CATSPER4

Identifiers

Aliases

CATSPER4, CatSper4, cation channel sperm associated 4

External IDs

OMIM: 609121 MGI: 3043288 HomoloGene: 18638 GeneCards: CATSPER4

Gene location (Human)

Chr.	Chromosome 1 (human)^[1]

Band	1p36.11	Start	26,190,561 bp^[1]
Band	1p36.11	End	26,202,968 bp^[1]

Gene location (Mouse)

Chr.	Chromosome 4 (mouse)^[2]

Band	4\|4 D2.3	Start	133,939,281 bp^[2]
Band	4\|4 D2.3	End	133,954,694 bp^[2]

RNA expression pattern

Bgee

Human

Mouse (ortholog)

Top expressed in

gastrocnemius muscle

skeletal muscle tissue

right uterine tube

lobe of thyroid gland

left lobe of thyroid gland

tibial nerve

Top expressed in

spermatid

testicle

spermatocyte

muscle tissue

quadriceps femoris muscle

jejunum

skeletal muscle tissue

islet of Langerhans

duodenum

ileum

More reference expression data

BioGPS

n/a

Gene ontology
Molecular function	voltage-gated calcium channel activity calcium activated cation channel activity calcium channel activity voltage-gated ion channel activity ion channel activity NAADP-sensitive calcium-release channel activity
Cellular component	integral component of membrane CatSper complex cell projection membrane plasma membrane cilium sperm principal piece acrosomal vesicle motile cilium
Biological process	flagellated sperm motility cell differentiation membrane depolarization during action potential sodium ion transport regulation of ion transmembrane transport ion transport multicellular organism development calcium ion transmembrane transport transmembrane transport spermatogenesis sperm-egg recognition sperm capacitation release of sequestered calcium ion into cytosol calcium ion transport response to progesterone
Sources:Amigo / QuickGO

Orthologs

Species

Human

Mouse

Entrez


378807


329954

Ensembl


ENSG00000188782


ENSMUSG00000048003

UniProt


Q7RTX7


Q8BVN3

RefSeq (mRNA)


NM_198137


NM_001130030 NM_177866

RefSeq (protein)


NP_937770


NP_001123502 NP_808534

Location (UCSC)

Chr 1: 26.19 – 26.2 Mb

Chr 4: 133.94 – 133.95 Mb

PubMed search

^[3]

^[4]

Wikidata

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CatSper4, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the CATSPER4 gene.^[5]^[6]^[7] CatSper1 is a member of the cation channels of sperm family of protein. The four proteins in this family together form a Ca²⁺-permeant ion channel specific essential for the correct function of sperm cells.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000188782 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000048003 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ Lobley A, Pierron V, Reynolds L, Allen L, Michalovich D (August 2003). "Identification of human and mouse CatSper3 and CatSper4 genes: characterisation of a common interaction domain and evidence for expression in testis". Reprod. Biol. Endocrinol. 1: 53. doi:10.1186/1477-7827-1-53. PMC 184451. PMID 12932298.
^ Qi H, Moran MM, Navarro B, Chong JA, Krapivinsky G, Krapivinsky L, Kirichok Y, Ramsey IS, Quill TA, Clapham DE (January 2007). "All four CatSper ion channel proteins are required for male fertility and sperm cell hyperactivated motility". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 104 (4): 1219–23. doi:10.1073/pnas.0610286104. PMC 1770895. PMID 17227845.
^ Clapham DE, Garbers DL (December 2005). "International Union of Pharmacology. L. Nomenclature and structure-function relationships of CatSper and two-pore channels". Pharmacol. Rev. 57 (4): 451–4. doi:10.1124/pr.57.4.7. PMID 16382101. S2CID 35096827.
^ *"CatSper and Two-Pore Channels: Introduction". IUPHAR Database of Receptors and Ion Channels. International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology.

Membrane transport protein: ion channels (TC 1A)

Ca²⁺: Calcium channel

Ligand-gated	Inositol trisphosphate receptor 1 2 3 Ryanodine receptor 1 2 3
Voltage-gated	L-type/Ca_vα 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 N-type/Ca_vα2.2 P-type/Ca_vα 2.1 Q-type/Ca_vα2.1 R-type/Ca_vα2.3 T-type/Ca_vα 3.1 3.2 3.3 α₂δ-subunits 1 2 β-subunits β1 β2 β3 β4 γ-subunits γ1 γ2 γ3 γ4 Cation channels of sperm 1 2 3 4 Two-pore channel 1 2

Na⁺: Sodium channel

Constitutively active	Epithelial sodium channel α β γ δ
Proton-gated	Amiloride-sensitive cation channel 1 2 3 4
Voltage-gated	Na_vα 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 7A Na_vβ 1 2 3 4

K⁺: Potassium channel

Calcium-activated	BK channel α1 β1 β2 β3 β4 SK channel SK1 SK2 SK3 IK channel IK1 K_Ca 1.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 3.1 4.1 4.2 5.1
Inward-rectifier	K_ATP K_ir 1.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.6 GIRK/K_ir 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 K_ir 4.1 4.2 5.1 6.1 6.2 7.1
Tandem pore domain	K2P 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 13 15 16 17 18
Voltage-gated	K_vα1-6 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.1 2.2 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 4.1 4.2 4.3 5.1 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 K_vα7-12 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 8.1 8.2 9.1 9.2 9.3 10.1 10.2 11.1/hERG 11.2 11.3 12.1 12.2 12.3 K_vβ 1 2 3 KCNIP 1 2 3 4 minK/ISK minK/ISK-like MiRP 1 2 3 Shaker (gene)

Miscellaneous

Cl⁻: Chloride channel	Calcium-activated chloride channels Anoctamin ANO1 Bestrophin 1 2 Chloride Channel Accessory 1 2 3 4 CFTR CLCN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 KA KB CLIC 1 2 3 4 5 6 L1 CLNS 1A 1B
H⁺: Proton channel	HVCN1
M⁺: CNG cation channel	α 1 2 3 4 β 1 2 3 HCN FC 1 2 3 4
M⁺: TRP cation channel	TRPA (1) TRPC 1 2 3 4 4AP 5 6 7 TRPM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TRPML 1 2 3 TRPN TRPP 1 2 TRPV 1 2 3 4 5 6
H₂O (+ solutes): Porin	Aquaporin 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Voltage-dependent anion channel 1 2 3 General bacterial porin family
Cytoplasm: Gap junction	Connexin A GJA1 GJA3 GJA4 GJA5 GJA8 GJA9 GJA10 B GJB1 GJB2 GJB3 GJB4 GJB5 GJB6 GJB7 C GJC1 GJC2 GJC3 D GJD2 GJD3 GJD4 Innexin