| Type: | Family | Name: | Seminal plasma protein, PDC-109-like |
| Description: | This entry represents seminal plasma proteins, including PDC-109, BSP-A3, HSP-1 and pB1. On ejaculation, sperm becomes coated with these proteins, which are secreted by male accessory sex glands. These proteins play a role in forming an oviductal sperm reservoir by enabling sperm to bind to oviductal epithelium []. PDC-109 could enhance the fertilising capacity of spermatozoa upon interaction with heparin-like glycosaminoglycans present in the female genital tract []. PDC-109 and BSP-A3 exert both stimulatory and inhibitory actions on the release of pituitary gonadotropins. Protein pB1 may form a complex with spermadhesin AQN-1 which possesses phosphorylcholine-binding activity []. | Short Name: | Seminal_plasma_PDC-109-like |
