Post Translational Modifications | The protein is rapidly cleaved following fertilization, being only weakly detectable in zona-intact fertilized eggs at telophase II and undetectable at the pronuclear stage. Sheding is probably required to block to polyspermy and ensuring egg fusion with a single sperm. |
Function | Receptor for IZUMO1 present at the cell surface of oocytes (oolemma), which is essential for species-specific gamete recognition and fertilization. The IZUMO1:IZUMO1R/JUNO interaction is a necessary adhesion event between sperm and egg that is required for fertilization but is not sufficient for cell fusion. The ligand-receptor interaction probably does not act as a membrane 'fusogen'. Does not bind folate. |
Protein Name | Sperm-Egg Fusion Protein JunoFolate Receptor 4Folate Receptor DeltaFr-DeltaIzumo1 Receptor Protein Juno |
Database Links | Reactome: R-HSA-163125 |
Cellular Localisation | Cell MembraneLipid-AnchorGpi-AnchorCell ProjectionMicrovillus MembraneGpi-Anchored At The Oolemma Microvilli |
Alternative Protein Names | Sperm-Egg Fusion Protein Juno proteinFolate Receptor 4 proteinFolate Receptor Delta proteinFr-Delta proteinIzumo1 Receptor Protein Juno proteinIZUMO1R proteinFOLR4 proteinJUNO protein |
Information sourced from Uniprot.org