function:May play a role in germ cell development.,similarity:Belongs to the DEAD box helicase family.,similarity:Belongs to the DEAD box helicase family. DDX4/VASA subfamily.,similarity:Contains 1 helicase ATP-binding domain.,similarity:Contains 1 helicase C-terminal domain.,subunit:N-terminus interacts with RANBP9. Interacts with PIWIL2 and MAEL.,tissue specificity:Expressed only in ovary and testis. Expressed in migratory primordial germ cells in the region of the gonadal ridge in both sexes.,
Cytoplasm . Cytoplasm, perinuclear region . Component of the meiotic nuage, also named P granule, a germ-cell-specific organelle required to repress transposon activity during meiosis. .
Expressed only in ovary and testis. Expressed in migratory primordial germ cells in the region of the gonadal ridge in both sexes.