title: Primary structure of stallion seminal plasma protein HSP-7, a zona-pellucida-binding protein of the spermadhesin family.
abstract: The primary-structure of HSP-7, a 14-kDa protein isolated from stallion seminal plasma, has been determined, HSP-7 belongs to the spermadhesin protein family, shares 98% sequence identity with the boar seminal plasma protein AWN, and, like its boar homolog, displays zona-pellucida-binding activity. Despite these conserved structural and functional features, the equine and porcine spermadhesins differ in their topography on spermatozoa.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Reproduktionsmedizin, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reinert
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Calvete
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Töpfer-Petersen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009865:Oocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D012661:Semen / Q000737:chemistry*; D029589:Seminal Plasma Proteins; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000737:chemistry; D015044:Zona Pellucida / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; C104499:HSP-7 protein, Equus caballus; D029589:Seminal Plasma Proteins; C425042:spermadhesin