Compartmentalization of the proteasome-interacting proteins during sperm capacitation

M Zigo, P Manaskova-Postlerova, V Jonakova… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Ubiquitination is a stable, reversible posttranslational modification of target proteins by
covalent ligation of the small chaperone protein ubiquitin. Most commonly ubiquitination …

Modifications of the 26S proteasome during boar sperm capacitation

M Zigo, K Kerns, M Sutovsky, P Sutovsky - Cell and tissue research, 2018 - Springer
Protein ubiquitination is a stable, reversible post-translational modification, targeting
proteins for degradation/recycling by the 26S proteasome in a well-characterized enzymatic …

[PDF][PDF] Sperm proteasome and fertilization

P Sutovsky - Reproduction, 2011 - Citeseer
The omnipresent ubiquitin–proteasome system (UPS) is an ATP-dependent enzymatic
machinery that targets substrate proteins for degradation by the 26S proteasome by tagging …

Ubiquitin-proteasome system–regulated protein degradation in spermatogenesis

Y Xiong, C Yu, Q Zhang - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Spermatogenesis is a prolonged and highly ordered physiological process that produces
haploid male germ cells through more than 40 steps and experiences dramatic …

Regulation of sperm capacitation by the 26S proteasome: an emerging new paradigm in spermatology

K Kerns, P Morales, P Sutovsky - Biology of reproduction, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) participates in many biological processes ranging
from cell cycle and antigen processing to cellular defense and signaling. Work of the last …

Sperm proteasomes degrade sperm receptor on the egg zona pellucida during mammalian fertilization

SW Zimmerman, G Manandhar, YJ Yi, SK Gupta… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Despite decades of research, the mechanism by which the fertilizing spermatozoon
penetrates the mammalian vitelline membrane, the zona pellucida (ZP) remains one of the …

The ubiquitin-proteasome system participates in sperm surface subproteome remodeling during boar sperm capacitation

M Zigo, K Kerns, P Sutovsky - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sperm capacitation is a complex process endowing biological and biochemical changes to
a spermatozoon for a successful encounter with an oocyte. The present study focused on the …

Mechanism of extracellular ubiquitination in the mammalian epididymis

KM Baska, G Manandhar, D Feng… - Journal of Cellular …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Posttranslational modification by ubiquitination marks defective or outlived intracellular
proteins for proteolytic degradation by the 26S proteasome. The ATP‐dependent, covalent …

Ubiquitin‐activating enzyme (UBA1) is required for sperm capacitation, acrosomal exocytosis and sperm–egg coat penetration during porcine fertilization

YJ Yi, SW Zimmerman, G Manandhar… - … journal of andrology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Protein ubiquitination is a stable, covalent post‐translational modification that alters protein
activity and/or targets proteins for proteolysis by the 26S proteasome. The E1‐type ubiquitin …

Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase-activity is involved in sperm acrosomal function and anti-polyspermy defense during porcine fertilization

YJ Yi, G Manandhar, M Sutovsky, R Li… - Biology of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
The 26S proteasome, which is a multi-subunit protease with specificity for substrate proteins
that are postranslationally modified by ubiquitination, has been implicated in acrosomal …