ArticleScientific reports2023
The association of ODF4 with AK1 and AK2 in mice is essential for fertility through its contribution to flagellar shape.
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- Bifenthrin Diminishes Male Fertility Potential by Inducing Protein Defects in Mouse Sperm.Toxics · 2024Article
- Adenylate kinase 9 is essential for sperm function and male fertility in mammals.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- Deficiency in AK9 causes asthenozoospermia and male infertility by destabilising sperm nucleotide homeostasis.EBioMedicine · 2023Article
- Spermatozoa from male mice with infertility due toReproductive medicine and biologyArticle
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Abstract
Normal sperm flagellar shape and movement are essential for fertilization. The integral protein outer dense fiber 4 (ODF4) localizes to ODFs, but its function remains unclear. Adenylate kinase (AK) is a phosphotransferase that catalyzes the interconversion and controls the concentration equilibrium of adenine nucleotides. AK shuttles ATP to energy-consuming sites. Here, we report on the relationship of flagellar shape and movement with ODF4, AK1 and AK2 by using Odf4-deletion (Odf4
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