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J Cell Biol 1993 Jun 01;1216:1291-7. doi: 10.1083/jcb.121.6.1291.
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A GPI-anchored sea urchin sperm membrane protein containing EGF domains is related to human uromodulin.

Mendoza LM , Nishioka D , Vacquier VD .


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An Mr 63-kD sea urchin sperm flagellar membrane protein has been previously implicated as a possible receptor for egg jelly ligand(s) that trigger the sperm acrosome reaction (AR). The cDNA and deduced amino acid sequences of the 63-kD protein are presented. The open reading frame codes for a protein of 470 amino acids which contains a putative signal sequence of 25 residues. Western blots using antibodies to two synthetic peptides confirm the sequence to be that of the 63-kD protein. The mRNA is approximately 2,300 bases in length and the gene appears to be single copy. The protein is released from sperm membrane vesicles by treatment with phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C, showing that it is anchored to the flagellar membrane by glycosylphosphatidyl inositol (GPI). Although we cannot demonstrate involvement of the 63-kD protein in the AR, it is of potential interest because it shares significant similarity with the developmentally expressed proteins crumbs, notch and xotch as well as human uromodulin over a region that includes two separate EGF repeats.

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Genes referenced: LOC100887844 LOC100889782 LOC105441151 LOC762939 mpp5 pkd1l2a
???displayArticle.antibodies??? LOC373185 Ab1 LOC373185 Ab2

References [+] :
Appella, The receptor-binding sequence of urokinase. A biological function for the growth-factor module of proteases. 1987, Pubmed