Research Article

Ultrastructural Morphology of Sperm from Human Globozoospermia

Table 1

Knockout mouse models of globozoospermia.

Mouse modelProtein nameRound headAcrosomeCoiled tail around the nucleusReference

GopcGolgi-associated PDZ and coiled-coil motif-containing proteinYesAbsentYes[3]

Agfg1 (Hrb) ArfGAP with FG repeats 1YesAbsentYes[15]

Zpbp Zona pellucida binding proteinYesAbsentYes[17]

Spaca-1Sperm acrosome associated 1YesAbsentYes[18]

Dpy19l2Dpy-19-like 2 (C. elegans)YesAbsent?[19]

AKR-bs X 129?No (elongated)AbsentNo[23]

Gba2Beta glucosidase 2YesPresent (deformed)No[24]

Pick-1Protein interacting with C kinase 1YesPresent (deformed)No[25]

Csnk2a2Casein kinase 2, alpha prime polypeptideNo (oval)Present (deformed)Yes[26]