Disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain-containing protein 2 or Beta-fertilin[5] is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ADAM2gene.[6][7][8]
Function
This gene encodes a member of the ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloprotease domain) family. Members of this family are membrane-anchored proteins structurally related to snake venom disintegrins, and have been implicated in a variety of biological processes involving cell–cell and cell–matrix interactions, including fertilization, muscle development, and neurogenesis. This member is a subunit of an integral sperm membrane heterodimer glycoprotein called fertilin, which plays an important role in sperm-egg interactions.[8] The other subunit is ADAM1 or alpha-fertilin.[5]
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^Burkin HR, Burkin DJ, Davey PM, Griffin DK, Affara NA (February 1997). "Mapping, sequence, and expression analysis of the human fertilin beta gene (FTNB)". Genomics. 40 (1): 190–2. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.4531. PMID9070941.
Ikawa M, Nakanishi T, Yamada S, Wada I, Kominami K, Tanaka H, Nozaki M, Nishimune Y, Okabe M (December 2001). "Calmegin is required for fertilin alpha/beta heterodimerization and sperm fertility". Developmental Biology. 240 (1): 254–61. doi:10.1006/dbio.2001.0462. PMID11784061.
Cho C, Ge H, Branciforte D, Primakoff P, Myles DG (June 2000). "Analysis of mouse fertilin in wild-type and fertilin beta(-/-) sperm: evidence for C-terminal modification, alpha/beta dimerization, and lack of essential role of fertilin alpha in sperm-egg fusion". Developmental Biology. 222 (2): 289–95. doi:10.1006/dbio.2000.9703. PMID10837118.
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External links
The MEROPS online database for peptidases and their inhibitors: M12.950