| 58230 | Q8VC56 | RNF8_MOUSE | E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase RNF8 (EC 2.3.2.27) (ActA-interacting protein 37) (AIP37) (LaXp180) (RING finger protein 8) (RING-type E3 ubiquitin transferase RNF8) | DISRUPTION PHENOTYPE | Male mice are infertile, while females do not show defects. Male mice display defects in histone H2A and H2B ubiquitination in testis cells. While meiotic sex chromosome inactivation in the XY body prior to meiosis is not affected, H4K16ac is decreased, leading to defects in the replacement of histones by protamines during spermiogenesis. Mice lacking both Rnf8 and Chfr develop thymic lymphomas and chromosomes are frequently altered, due to defects in DNA damage response and defects in damage-induced activation of ATM kinase. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20153262, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21706008}. |