Communications Biology (Apr 2022)

Sperm membrane proteins DCST1 and DCST2 are required for sperm-egg interaction in mice and fish

  • Taichi Noda,
  • Andreas Blaha,
  • Yoshitaka Fujihara,
  • Krista R. Gert,
  • Chihiro Emori,
  • Victoria E. Deneke,
  • Seiya Oura,
  • Karin Panser,
  • Yonggang Lu,
  • Sara Berent,
  • Mayo Kodani,
  • Luis Enrique Cabrera-Quio,
  • Andrea Pauli,
  • Masahito Ikawa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03289-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The role of sperm membrane proteins DCST1 and DCST2 in gamete fusion is extended to zebrafish in showing that these interdependent proteins are required for sperm-egg binding.