SPAM1 Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody

Cell localization:Cell membrane; Lipid-anchor, GPI-anchor..Hyaluronidase degrades hyaluronic acid, a major structural proteoglycan found in extracellμLar matrices and basement membranes. Six members of the hyaluronidase family are clustered into two tightly linked groups on chromosome 3p21.3 and 7q31.3. This gene was previously referred to as HYAL1 and HYA1 and has since been assigned the official symbol SPAM1; another family member on chromosome 3p21.3 has been assigned HYAL1. This gene encodes a GPI-anchored enzyme located on the human sperm surface and inner acrosomal membrane. This mμLtifunctional protein is a hyaluronidase that enables sperm to penetrate through the hyaluronic acid-rich cumμLus cell layer surrounding the oocyte, a receptor that plays a role in hyaluronic acid induced cell signaling, and a receptor that is involved in sperm-zona pellucida adhesion. Abnormal expression of this gene in tumors has implicated this protein in degradation of basement membranes leading to tumor invasion and metastasis. MμLtiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2010]