| Protein Name | izumo sperm-oocyte fusion 1 |
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| Organism | Homo sapiens |
| Gene ID | 284359 |
| Gene Symbol | IZUMO1 |
| UniProt | Q8IYV9 (IZUM1_HUMAN) |
| Relationships |
Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
21
Total Number of Articles : 11 |
Description |
izumo sperm-oocyte fusion 1 |
| Gene Summary |
The sperm-specific protein Izumo, named for a Japanese shrine dedicated to marriage, is essential for sperm-egg plasma membrane binding and fusion (Inoue et al., 2005 [PubMed 15759005]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008] |
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