PRIMARY STRUCTURE OF STALLION SEMINAL PLASMA-PROTEIN HSP-7, A ZONA-PELLUCIDA-BINDING PROTEIN OF THE SPERMADHESIN FAMILY

Authors
REINERT M CALVETE JJ SANZ L MANN K TOPFERPETERSEN E
Citation
M. Reinert et al., PRIMARY STRUCTURE OF STALLION SEMINAL PLASMA-PROTEIN HSP-7, A ZONA-PELLUCIDA-BINDING PROTEIN OF THE SPERMADHESIN FAMILY, European journal of biochemistry, 242(3), 1996, pp. 636-640
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
European journal of biochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00142956
Volume
242
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
636 - 640
Database
ISI
SICI code
0014-2956(1996)242:3<636:PSOSSP>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The primary structure of HSP-7, a 14-kDa protein isolated from stallio n seminal plasma, has been determined. HSP-7 belongs to the spermadhes in protein family, shares 98 % sequence identity with the boar seminal plasma protein AWN, and, like its boar homolog, displays zona-pelluci da-binding activity. Despite these conserved structural and functional features, the equine and porcine spermadhesins differ in their topogr aphy on spermatozoa.