Spermosin
Spermosin (EC 3.4.21.99) is an enzyme.[1][2][3][4] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- Hydrolyses arginyl bonds, preferably with Pro in the P2 position
This enzyme is isolated from the ascidian (Prochordate) Halocynthia roretzi.
References
- ↑ Sawada, H., Yokosawa, H. and Ishii, S. (1984). "Purification and characterization of two types of trypsin-like enzymes from sperm of the ascidian (Prochordata) Halocynthia roretzi. Evidence for the presence of spermosin, a novel acrosin-like enzyme". J. Biol. Chem. 259: 2900–2904. PMID 6365918.
- ↑ Sawada, H., Yokosawa, H., Someno, T., Saino, T. and Ishii, S. (1984). "Evidence for the participation of two sperm proteases, spermosin and acrosin, in fertilization of the ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi: inhibitory effects of leupeptin analogs on enzyme activities and fertilization". Dev. Biol. 105: 246–249. doi:10.1016/0012-1606(84)90281-1. PMID 6381175.
- ↑ Sawada, H., Iwasaki, K., Kihara-Negishi, F., Ariga, H. and Yokosawa, H. (1996). "Localization, expression, and the role in fertilization of spermosin, an ascidian sperm trypsin-like protease". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 222: 499–504. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1996.0773. PMID 8670234.
- ↑ Sawada, H. and Someno, T. (1996). "Substrate specificity of ascidian sperm trypsin-like proteases, spermosin and acrosin". Mol. Reprod. Dev. 45: 240–243. doi:10.1002/(sici)1098-2795(199610)45:2<240::aid-mrd18>3.3.co;2-e. PMID 8914083.
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