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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Membrane Glycoproteins > Fertilins
Carbohydrates > Glycoconjugates > Glycoproteins > Membrane Glycoproteins > Fertilins
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Glycoproteins > Membrane Glycoproteins > Fertilins
Carbohydrates > Glycoconjugates > Glycoproteins > ADAM Proteins > Fertilins
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Glycoproteins > ADAM Proteins > Fertilins
... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Peptide Hydrolases > Endopeptidases > Metalloendopeptidases > ADAM Proteins > Fertilins
... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Peptide Hydrolases > Metalloproteases > Metalloendopeptidases > ADAM Proteins > Fertilins

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Fertilins  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Fertilin
  • Fertilin Protein
  • PH 30 Fusion Protein
  • PH-30 Fusion Protein
  • PH 30 Protein
  • PH-30 Protein

Scope note

  • Sperm surface proteins involved in sperm-egg fusion. They consist of two subunits, fertilin alpha (ADAM1a) and beta (ADAM2), both of which belong to the metalloprotease-disintegrin protein family. The beta subunit does not have catalytic activity.

History note

  • 2017 (1992)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000072196

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