This entry represents cilia- and flagella-associated protein, HOATZ, and related proteins, found in metazoa. In mice HOATZ is encoded by the gene designated 4833427G06Rik (C11orf88). Mouse Hoatz mRNA is specifically expressed in tissues with motile cilia and flagella [1]. Hoatz knockout mice developed hydrocephalus and male infertility, and the ependymal cilia frequently showed disorganised axonemes [1].

1: Functional disturbance of rat sexual accessory glands in an early phase of lead intoxication. Kempinas WG, Lamano-Carvalho TL, Petenusci SO, Favaretto AL, Lopes RA, Azoubel R; Gegenbaurs Morphol Jahrb. 1988;134:791-798. PMID:3224806