Review Article

Bioenergetics of Mammalian Sperm Capacitation

Figure 1

Subcellular compartimentalization of OXPHOS and glycolysis in spermatozoa. OXPHOS system is composed of five multimeric complexes. Electron transport from Complex I to Complex IV is coupled to ATP-synthesis. Reducing equivalents (NADH and FADH2) produced by glycolysis and Krebs cycle reactions are transferred to membrane bound electron transport chain. c, cytochrome c; Q, ubiquinone.
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