SRY

SRY (Sex-determining region Y) is a sex-determining gene on the Y chromosome in the therians (placental mammals and marsupials).

This intronless gene encodes a transcription factor that is a member of the SOX (SRY-like box) gene family of DNA-binding proteins. This protein is the therian testis determining factor (TDF), referred to as the sex-determining region Y protein or SRY protein which initiates male sex determination. Mutations in this gene give rise to XY females with gonadal dysgenesis (Swyer syndrome); translocation of part of the Y chromosome containing this gene to the X chromosome causes XX male syndrome.