Structural Basis of Egg Coat-Sperm Recognition at Fertilization.
Raj, I., Sadat Al Hosseini, H., Dioguardi, E., Nishimura, K., Han, L., Villa, A., de Sanctis, D., Jovine, L.(2017) Cell 169: 1315-1326.e17
- PubMed: 28622512 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.05.033
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
5II4, 5II5, 5II6, 5II7, 5II8, 5II9, 5IIA, 5IIB, 5IIC, 5MR2, 5MR3 - PubMed Abstract: 
Recognition between sperm and the egg surface marks the beginning of life in all sexually reproducing organisms. This fundamental biological event depends on the species-specific interaction between rapidly evolving counterpart molecules on the gametes. We report biochemical, crystallographic, and mutational studies of domain repeats 1-3 of invertebrate egg coat protein VERL and their interaction with cognate sperm protein lysin ...