ZP3

ZP3
Identifiers
Aliases ZP3, ZP3A, ZP3B, ZPC, Zp-3, zona pellucida glycoprotein 3 (sperm receptor)
External IDs OMIM: 182889 MGI: 99215 HomoloGene: 5178 GeneCards: ZP3
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

7784

22788

Ensembl

ENSG00000188372

ENSMUSG00000004948

UniProt

P21754

P10761

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_007155
NM_001110354

NM_011776

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001103824.1
NP_009086.4

NP_035906.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 7: 76.4 – 76.44 Mb Chr 5: 135.98 – 135.99 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
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Zona pellucida sperm-binding protein 3, also known as zona pellucida glycoprotein 3 (Zp-3) or the sperm receptor, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ZP3 gene.[3][4] ZP3 is the receptor in the zona pellucida which binds sperm at the beginning of fertilization.

Function

The zona pellucida (ZP) is a specialized extracellular matrix that surrounds the oocyte and early embryo. It is composed of three or four glycoproteins (ZP1-4) with various functions during oogenesis, fertilization and preimplantation development. The protein encoded by this gene is a major structural component of the ZP and functions in primary binding and stimulation of the sperm acrosome reaction. The nascent protein contains a N-terminal signal peptide sequence, a conserved ZP domain, a consensus furin cleavage site (CFCS), a polymerization-blocking external hydrophobic patch (EHP), and a C-terminal transmembrane domain. Cleavage at the CFCS separates the mature protein from the EHP, allowing it to incorporate into nascent ZP filaments. A variation in the last exon of this gene has previously served as the basis for an additional ZP3 locus; however, sequence and literature review reveals that there is only one full-length ZP3 locus in the human genome. Another locus encoding a bipartite transcript designated POMZP3 contains a duplication of the last four exons of ZP3, including the above described variation, and maps closely to this gene.[3]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: zona pellucida glycoprotein 3 (sperm receptor)".
  4. van Duin M, Polman JE, Verkoelen CC, Bunschoten H, Meyerink JH, Olijve W, Aitken RJ (December 1992). "Cloning and characterization of the human sperm receptor ligand ZP3: evidence for a second polymorphic allele with a different frequency in the Caucasian and Japanese populations". Genomics. 14 (4): 1064–70. doi:10.1016/S0888-7543(05)80130-2. PMID 1478648.

Further reading

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