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The spermatozoa undergo a series of changes in the epididymis to mature after their release from the testis and subsequently in the female reproductive tract after ejaculation to get capacitated and achieve fertilization potential. Despite having a silenced protein synthesis machinery, the dynamic change in protein profile of the spermatozoa is attributed either to acquisition of new proteins via vescicular transport or to several post-translational modifications (PTMs) occurring on the already expressed protein complement.

In this review emphasis is given on the PTMs already reported on the human sperm proteins under normal and pathologic conditions with particular reference to sperm function such as motility and fertilization. An attempt has been made to summarize different protocols and methods used for analysis of PTMs on sperm proteins and the newer trends those were emerging …