β-1,4-ZP3,

D J Miller1, M B Macek, B D Shur

  • 1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Holcombe, Houston 77030.

Nature
|June 18, 1992
PubMed
まとめ

マウスの精子β-1,4-ギャラクソシルトランスフェラーゼ (Gal-トランスフェラーゼ) はZP3に結合し,受精を媒介する. この相互作用は精子と卵の結合に不可欠であり,受精後のアクロソーム反応やZP3改変で失われます.

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