Piwi-like protein 4 (PIWIL4, HILI2, PIWI)

Function: - role in development & maintenance of stem cells (putative) Structure: - belongs to the argonaute family - contains 1 PAZ domain - contains 1 Piwi domain Alternative splicing: named isoforms=2 Expression: expressed in testis

General

Piwi-like protein (PIWIL) testis-specific protein

Properties

SIZE: MW = 97 kD entity length = 852 aa COMPARTMENT: cellular compartment CELL: unspecified cell type WITHIN: testis MOTIF: PAZ domain {268-384} Piwi domain {546-838}

Database Correlations

UniProt Q7Z3Z4 PFAM correlations

References

UniProt :accession Q7Z3Z4