UniProt functional annotation for Q86W24

UniProt code: Q86W24.

Organism: Homo sapiens (Human).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo.
 
Function: May be involved in inflammation and spermatogenesis.
 
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q6B966}.
Tissue specificity: Testis-specific. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16931801}.
Developmental stage: In the testis, expressed mainly in A dark spermatogonia, mid and late spermatocytes and spermatids but not in mitotically active A pale and B spermatogonia. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16931801}.
Domain: Upon heterologous expression, a small proportion of the isolated Pyrin domain forms homodimers and higher oligomers. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:25004977}.
Similarity: Belongs to the NLRP family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.