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Facts about Izumo sperm-egg fusion protein 1.
The ligand-receptor interaction probably doesn't act as a membrane'fusogen'. .
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Gene Name: | Izumo1 |
Uniprot: | Q9D9J7 |
Entrez: | 73456 |
Belongs to: |
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Izumo family |
FLJ61440; izumo sperm-egg fusion 1; izumo sperm-egg fusion protein 1; IZUMO; IZUMO1; MGC34799; OBF; Oocyte binding/fusion factor; Sperm-specific protein izumo
Mass (kDA):
44.885 kDA
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Location: | 7|7 B3 |
Sequence: | 7; |
Sperm-specific (at protein level) (PubMed:15759005, PubMed:19658160, PubMed:20421979). Detectable on sperm surface only after the acrosome reaction (PubMed:15759005).
PMID: 15759005 by Inoue N., et al. The immunoglobulin superfamily protein Izumo is required for sperm to fuse with eggs.
PMID: 18952059 by Inoue N., et al. Putative sperm fusion protein IZUMO and the role of N- glycosylation.