Dev Biol 1983 Sep 01;991:258-60. doi: 10.1016/0012-1606(83)90274-9.

The pH within the jelly coat of sea urchin eggs.

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Because low molecular weight factors isolated from sea urchin egg jelly increase sperm motility and respiration, but only at a pH less than 7.4, H. Ohtake (J. Exp. Zool. 198, 303-312, 1976) suggested that the pH within the jelly experienced by a sperm swimming to the egg might be 6.5-7.0. With a pH microelectrode, the pH in the jelly coat of single eggs of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus and Lytechinus pictus was measured and found to be not significantly different from the pH of seawater, 8.0; it thus does not seem likely that these low molecular weight factors are important in maintaining sperm motility or respiration during fertilization.

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Genes referenced: LOC100887844