Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003 Oct 31;3104:1155-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.09.137.

Sperm motility-activating complex formed by t-complex distorters.

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Transmission ratio distortion is a dramatic example of non-Mendelian transmission. In mice, t-haplotype males produce dysfunctional +-sperm and normal t-sperm, leading to transmission in favor of t-sperm. Genetic studies have indicated that the t-complex responder locus, Tcr, rescues t-sperm but not +-sperm from defective products of t-complex distorter loci, Tcds. Light chain 1 (LC1) and LC3 from sea urchin sperm outer arm dynein have sequence similarities to Tctex2 and Tctex1, respectively, both of which are wild-type products of Tcds. We show here that LC1 and LC3 are able to make a 1:1 complex. Since Tcr is a member of the Smok (sperm motility kinase) family and LC1 is phosphorylated at the activation of sperm motility in a cAMP-dependent manner, this complex in a dynein motor molecule might be a direct target of Smok/Tcr kinase in a signal cascade that regulates sperm motility. Thus, we designate it as Smoac (sperm motility activating complex).

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Genes referenced: dnah3 LOC100887844 LOC591043