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spaca5

This is the community wiki page for the gene spaca5 please feel free to add any information that is relevant to this gene that is not already captured elsewhere in Xenbase.

nomenclature updates

06MARCH2025

There are 4 genes annotated as 'spaca5' or 'spaca5l' in the v10 Xenopus genome assemblies. Synteny supports this X. tropicalis gene, on Chr8, GENEID as the true ortholog of the human SPACA5 gene. The names of the spaca5 genes on chr10/9_10L will be changed to 'spaca5-like' genes 1 and 2.

Xenopus gene name has been changed from sperm acrosome associated 5 like to sperm acrosome associated 5, aka sperm acrosome associated 5 gene 1.